HUD’s OIG audited the Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake Public Housing Capital Fund grants for fiscal years 2011-2014. Auditors found that the PHA didn’t properly procure its goods or services. All of the PHA’s 25 contracts that were greater than $2,000 from 2011 to 2014 lacked evidence of most if not all parts of the procurement process. The PHA had over $734,000 in unsupported procurement actions.

Auditors recommended that the Director of the Denver Office of Public Housing require the PHA to: (1) provide support for $734,074 in procurement actions executed without proper documentation or repay the unsupported amounts from non-federal funds; (2) develop and implement detailed policies and procedures to ensure that staff and management properly complete all aspects of the procurement process; and (3) obtain procurement training for its staff to improve proficiency in the procurement processes.

• HUD Audit 2016-DE-1001, August 2016