The state auditor determined last week that the MBTA Communities Act was an "unfunded mandate," giving towns that don't want to comply with the law a potential avenue to challenging it.

"Our office is not able to literally ignore that the local mandate law does require contemporaneous funding be appropriated," DiZoglio said. The post State auditor calls MBTA Communities Act ‘unfunded mandate’ appeared first on Boston.

It's yet another hurdle for the MBTA Communities Act, which mandates cities and towns served by the T make it easier to build multifamily housing within their borders.