Department of the Environment and successors: Housing Renewal Division; Registered...

AT 143

1988-1997

Records in this series contain policy files of the Housing Renewal Policy Division, which include interpreting and implementing the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

HRP series

Public Record(s)

English

• Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
• Department of the Environment, Housing Associations, Revenue Division, 1989-1993
• Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002-2006

75 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 2018 Department for Communities and Local Government

Department of Environment 1988-1996, 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; and Department for Communities and Local Government 2006-

Series is accruing.

Policy files are recommended for retention. Non-primary and routine files are not.

In 1988 the HRP (Housing Renewal Policy) Division was set up as part of the re-organisation of the Housing Divisions which spawned the breaking up of the large and well established H prefix (HLG 118). HRP was responsible for private sector home and area improvement policy, slum clearance policy and the homes insulation scheme. In 1991 responsibilities were extended to encompass renovation grants, renewal areas, home improvement agencies and energy efficiency. In 1995 this was extended to all health and environment issues affecting housing. In 2000 HRP ceased to exist when HRPO (Housing Renewal and Private Ownership) was formed encompassing HPF (Housing Private Finance: AT 141) and HRTB (Housing Right to Buy: AT 131). There was not an HRPO prefix and the existing prefixes continued to be used until 2002 when HPS (Housing Private Sector) was set up by amalgamating HRPO with HPRS (Housing Private Rented Sector).