Catherine Ferreira v. Medford, City of - Housing Authority (SPR 20171387)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords October 3, 2017 SPR17/1387 Kathy Fortier Assistant Executive Director Medford Housing Authority 121 Riverside A venue Medford, MA 02155 Dear Ms. Fortier: I have received the petition of Catherine Ferreira appealing the nonresponse of the Medford Housing Authority (Authority) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Ms. Ferreira requested various records concerning the "Section-8 Homeownership Program" as well as statistical data from the Authority. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Ms. Ferreira petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Authority responded to Ms. Ferreira's request with a response sent on September 29, 2017. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Authority's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Ferreira may appeal the substantive nature of the Authority's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Catherine Ferreira One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us