Series
Department of the Environment: Housing Private Rented Sector Division; Registered...
Catalogue reference: AT 144
What's it about?
AT 144
This series contains records of the Housing Private Rented Sector (HPRS) Division, which was a large division with several branches and a comparatively large amount of policy material survives across its areas of responsibility.
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 144
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment: Housing Private Rented Sector Division; Registered Files (HPRS series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Housing Private Rented Sector (HPRS) Division, which was a large division with several branches and a comparatively large amount of policy material survives across its areas of responsibility.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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H5 files in HLG 118 deal with similar subjects from an earlier period: 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)
- HPRS 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)
- Department of the Environment, Housing Private Rented Sector, 1988-2002
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 183 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 2018 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 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, Department for Communities and Local Government 2006-2018, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2018-
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy files are recommended for retention. Non-primary and routine files are not.
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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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In 1988 the HPRS Division (Housing Private Rented Sector) 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 (see HLG 118).
Divisional responsibility was for the private rented sector and included the Rent Acts, assured tenancies, Rent Assessment Panels, the Rent Officer Service, leasehold reform, mansion blocks and service charges, mobile homes and house boats, houses in multiple occupation, empty (other than local authority) residential property, apportionment and redemption of rent charges (policy only; case work was conducted in the Rent Charges Unit at North West Regional Office) and ground rents.
In 1999 HPRS was given responsibility for preparing the Rent Officer Service for agency status and developing IT systems for the service. HPRS was also given responsibility for improving stock condition and stimulating investment in the private rented sector including through the use of Housing Investment Trusts.
In 2002 HPRS was replaced by the HPS (Housing Private Sector) prefix and division which covered all private sector housing, both owner occupied and private sector.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16329351/
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Department of the Environment: Housing Private Rented Sector Division; Registered Files (HPRS series)