Newton OKs scaled-back rezoning plan to allow more multifamily housing

By Greg Ryan • Published December 5, 2023 • Updated on December 5, 2023 at 1:53 pm

The Newton City Council voted Monday to rezone six of the city’s villages, including Newton Centre, pictured, to allow for more multifamily housing, a plan meant to comply with the MBTA Communities law while offering more modest change than a long-gestating proposal that encountered voter pushback.

The Newton City Council voted Monday to rezone six of the city’s villages to allow for more multifamily housing, a plan meant to comply with the MBTA Communities law while offering more modest change than a long-gestating proposal that encountered voter pushback.

The approval capped not only multiple council meetings on the Village Center Overlay Plan in recent weeks, but years of work to open up a city dominated by single-family homes to more apartment and condo buildings.

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