Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

In a closely watched special election Tuesday night, Needham voted to repeal new zoning that would have made the town compliant with a controversial Massachusetts law that aims to create more ...

Two members of a New Jersey family that built a troubled affordable-housing empire — loading aging properties such as Philadelphia’s Brith Sholom House with debt, and then walking away as they tumbled ...