Housing Action Trust

Housing Action Trust

Housing Action Trusts (HAT) are non-departmental public bodies, which were set up to redevelop some of the poorest council housing estates in Britain's inner-city suburbs.

Six Housing Action Trusts were established under the Housing Act of 1988. It was decided that each HAT will be administered by a board appointed by the Deputy Prime Minister.

There were seven established HATs in the country; North Hull HAT, Liverpool HAT, Tower Hamlets HAT in East London, Stonebridge HAT in Brent, North-west London and Castle Vale HAT in Birmingham. The Waltham Forest HAT in East London shut down in April 2002. The Castle Vale HAT shut down in March 2005.

All the HAT's assets and undertakings passed to English Partnerships, the residuary body for HATs, when they shut down. Stonebridge HAT is expected to begin to shut down in 2007.

Housing Action Trust estates

These council housing estates have all been targeted by Housing Action Trusts.

*North Hull HAT
*Liverpool HAT (54 high-rise tower blocks demolished)
*Stonebridge estate in Harlesden
*Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust, covering Cathall Road estate in Leytonstone, Oliver Close estate in Leyton, Boundary Road and Chingford Hall estates in Walthamstow
*Tower Hamlets HAT, covering Montieth, Tredegar and Lefevre Walk estates in Bow
*Castle Vale estate in Birmingham (demolition of 32 tower blocks on one Britain's largest estates)

References

* [http://www.netlawman.co.uk/acts/housing-act-1988.php?pageContentID=15824 Housing Act 1988]
* [http://www.cvhat.org.uk/index2.html Castle Vale Housing Action Trust]
* [http://www.stonebridgehat.org.uk/ Stongbridge HAT]
* [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/exhibitions/livingitup/section3.asp Liverpool Housing Action Trust]

External links

* [http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/hats.htm English Partnerships: A residuary body for Housing Action Trusts]


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