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Housing action trusts (HAT) were
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, set up to redevelop some of the poorest council housing estates in England's inner-city suburbs. Six housing action trusts were established under the Housing Act 1988. Each HAT was administered by a board appointed by the
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. HATs were intended to have a short life. After completing regeneration of their estates, the HATs transferred ownership of the tenanted housing estates to other social landlords, in some cases setting up local
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s that later formed group structures with other associations. All the HATs' residuary assets and undertakings then passed to
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Housing Action Trusts

The six housing action trusts were as follows. * North Hull HAT was the first to wind up, in 1999. *
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HAT demolished 54 high-rise blocks, built new homes on the land, and refurbished 13 other
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It wound up in 2005. * Stonebridge HAT in
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, Brent, north-west London, was the last to shut down in 2007. * Waltham Forest HAT, covering Cathall Road estate in
Leytonstone Leytonstone () is an area in east London, England, north-east of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, a local authority district of Greater London. It adjoins Wanstead to the north-east, Forest Gate to the south-east, ...
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Oliver Close Oliver Close Estate is a housing estate in Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest in East London, England. From 1967 to 1996 the estate contained 500 flats in five high-rise buildings. It is currently owned and administered by the Community-base ...
estate in
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, Boundary Road estate in Walthamstow and Chingford Hall Estate in
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. Waltham Forest HAT transferred its redeveloped estates to Community-based Housing Association and shut down in April 2002. English Partnerships then demolished four empty tower blocks. *
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HAT in east London, covering Montieth, Tredegar and Lefevre Walk estates in Bow. Replacement housing is owned by successor body Old Ford Housing Association. *
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HAT in
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demolished 32 tower blocks on one of Britain's largest estates. Castle Vale HAT shut down in March 2005.


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Castle Vale Housing Action TrustStonebridge HAT
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