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Richard Mills v. Springfield Housing Authority (SPR 20252537)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Petitioner won — agency ordered to respond · Filed 08-20-2025
ClosedAppealPetitioner Won
SPR 20252537 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Richard Mills concerning records held by Springfield Housing Authority, opened 08-20-2025. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Petitioner won — agency ordered to respond.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20252537
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- Richard Mills
- Custodian
- Springfield Housing Authority
- Date Opened
- 08-20-2025
- Date Closed
- 09-03-2025
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records September 3, 2025 SPR25/2537 Fidan Gousseynoff Executive Department Manager Springfield Housing Authority 60 Congress Street P. O. Box 1609 Springfield, MA 01104-1609 Dear Ms. Gousseynoff: I have received the petition of Richard Mills appealing the nonresponse of the Springfield Housing Authority (Authority) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 27, 2025 and August 2, 2025, Mr. Mills requested approximately eighty six (86) categories of records from the Authority including documents related to the leaseholder and residency status of an identified unit, the incident and disciplinary action taken against an identified individual, the SHA tenant grievance panel and tenant union activity from 2019 to 2025 and the Tenancy Preservation Program regarding an identified individual’s tenancy. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Mills petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/2537, was opened as a result. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal, it remains unclear whether the Authority has provided a response. Accordingly, the Authority is ordered to provide Mr. Mills with a response to his request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations within ten (10) business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of the response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Mills may appeal the substantive nature of the Authority’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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 Fidan Gousseynoff SPR25/2537 Page 2 September 3, 2025 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Richard Mills