Catalogue description Department of the Environment and successors: Housing Management Estates Action Division; Registered Files (HMEA series)

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Reference: AT 142
Title: Department of the Environment and successors: Housing Management Estates Action Division; Registered Files (HMEA series)
Description:

Records in this series relate mainly to policy on the setting up of Housing Action Trusts.
Date: 1986-1997
Related material:

Earlier files on the subject (H prefix) are in HLG 118
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HMEA series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

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
Physical description: 53 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2017 Department for Communities and Local Government
Custodial history: 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.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

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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