The state will file emergency regulations by Friday "consistent with the court's decision" after the SJC called the current guidelines ineffective. The post SJC: MBTA Communities Act is legal, but ‘presently unenforceable’ appeared first on Boston.

The controversial MBTA Communities Law is constitutional, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday. But for now, the Supreme Judicial Court says the housing guidelines issued to towns affected by the law are "legally ineffective.

Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday the state can force communities to comply with the MBTA Communities Act (after it rewrites the law's guidelines). The ruling has ramifications for over 30 cities and towns that are considered noncompliant.