Series
Department of the Environment and successors: Housing Management Estates Action Division:...
Catalogue reference: AT 142
What's it about?
AT 142
Records in this series relate mainly to policy on the setting up of Housing Action Trusts.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AT 142
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment and successors: Housing Management Estates Action Division: Registered Files (HMEA series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1986-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in this series relate mainly to policy on the setting up of Housing Action Trusts.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records on the sponsorship of the Housing Action Trusts are in AT 157
Earlier files on the subject (H prefix) are in HLG 118
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HMEA series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Department of the Environment, Estate Action Group, 1988-1990
- Department of the Environment, Estates Action Division, 1990-1992
- Department of the Environment, Housing Management and Estate Action Division, 1992-1995
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 53 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2017 Department for Communities and Local Government
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of Environment 1989-1996; Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002-2006; Department for Communities and Local Government 2006.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Set up initially in 1988 as the Estate Action Group in the large scale re-organisation of housing work in the Department which saw the progressive demise of the longstanding and comprehensive H prefix (HLG 118). Its initial responsibilities were revitalising run down local authority estates, the Priority Estates Project, community refurbishment schemes, disposals to trusts and developers, tenants participation and council tenants rights to transfer ownership of their dwellings to other landlords.
In 1990 it was renamed the Estates Action Division and responsibility was more narrowly focused on Housing Action Trusts and the Estates Action programme.
In 1991 it acquired responsibility for education and training of the Housing Service.
In 1992 it was formally renamed the Housing Management and Estate Action Division and acquired responsibility for the energy efficiency demonstration programme (following the demise of the Department of Energy). In 1993 it gained responsibility for policy on the right to repair and also absorbed the HACC Division.
In 1995 the division was replaced by HMPT, the Housing Management and Tenant Participation Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16236770/
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Department of the Environment and successors: Housing Management Estates Action Division: Registered Files (HMEA series)