The provincial auditor has sharply critiqued how Saskatchewan is handling its stock of provincially owned social housing units in the province's capital. 

In May, the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation owned approximately 3,000 units in Regina, of which 534 were vacant — a vacancy rate of 17.8 per cent, according to a report released by auditor Tara Clemett on Tuesday. Of the vacant units, 364 were out-of-service and needing repair.

At that same time, 404 households were waiting for social housing …