The Atlantic City Housing Authority spent nearly a half-million dollars on two administrative consultants over the past year and continued to keep them on the payroll through the summer despite the addition of new permanent staff in the same roles. The Press of Atlantic City reports Jerry Volpe’s firm, Governance and Fiscal Affairs LLC, has been paid at least $402,000 for providing qualified purchasing agent services since August 2022, as well as additional dollars as reimbursement for various expenses. The board’s new executive director, Matthew Doherty claimed at the Aug. 24 board meeting that the purchasing agent’s failure to act on critical issues was the reason the Housing Authority had failed a review by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and was now in danger of being taken over.