HOUSING ACTION TRUSTS

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HOUSING ACTION TRUSTS

• AN APPROACH TO REGENERATION

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THE 1988 HOUSING ACT

• Conservative Gov. Legislation
• Transfer of Housing Stock to HAT
• Wide Powers Available to HAT
• Positive Vote From Tenants Required
• Tenants Rejected Offer in First Phase
• Option to Return to Local Authority
• Six HATs Established one still live

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WHAT IS A HAT

• Non Departmental Public Body Quango
• Independent Board of 11 / 12
• Accountable to Government Dept
• Located in Area of High Deprivation
• 10 Year Life, Capped Lifetime Cost
• Annual Business Plan to Minister
• High Level of Resident Involvement
• Funded By Grant With Some Private
• Lifetime Grant Cost C. 120 - 260m

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WHY IS THIS RELEVANT ?

• Lessons From HATs Informed The National Strategy
  For Urban Renewal.
• The New Deal For Communities Programme And
  Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders Reflect
  These Lessons
• The HATs Met Their Objectives Within Budget And
  Timescale And Transformed Their Local Communities

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TRANSFERABLE LESSONS

• A Lifecycle Approach
• Holistic Regeneration
• Working in Partnership
• Programme Evaluation
• Making The Links

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A LIFECYCLE APPROACH

• Bring together Key Players to Assess Community
  Needs Inc. Residents
• Devise an Action Plan for Neighbourhood
  Management
• Ensure Agencies Have Sufficient Expertise and
  Powers to Deliver The Plan
• Identify How Quality of Life Improvement For
  Residents Will Be Monitored
• Build in Succession Strategy From The Start

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HOLISTIC REGENERATION

• Effective Housing Management With Resident
  Involvement
• Stimulate Change Through Investment in Physical
  Regeneration And Integrate With Social / Economic
  Regeneration
• Invest in Residents Social, Cultural And Leisure
  Activity capacity Build Networks
• Create Job Training Opportunities For Residents
  Building, Repairs, Gardening.
• Personal Support For Most Excluded

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WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

• Encourage Partnerships Between Local Service
  Organisations to Improve Service Delivery and
  Customer Care
• Delegate Authority And Resources to Well Trained
  Front Line Staff
• Develop Resident Involvement in Service
  Improvement
• Build Capacity of Residents Associations
• Recognise that Residents Paid or Unpaid Can
  Deliver Services

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PROGRAMME EVALUATION

• Set Core Performance Measures And Targets From
  The Outset Efficiency And Impact Measures
• Identify Service Standards And Outcomes in
  Conjunction With Local People
• Set Clear Service Agreements With Providers
  Linked to The Plans Objectives
• Develop Individual And Cohort Tracking Systems to
  Measure Long Term Impact

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NEW DEAL FOR COMMUNITIES

• 39 Partnerships, 2bn C. 55m Each
• Multi Agency Partnership Board With High Level of
  Community Representation
• Long Term Commitment
• Community Involvement
• Joined Up Thinking And Solutions
• Action Based On Evidence WHAT Works
• Comprehensive Review of Progress At Year 3 And 6

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NDC FOCUS

• Poor Job Prospects
• High Levels of Crime
• Educational Under Achievement
• Poor Health
• Housing And Environment
• New Emphasis On Mixed Communities And Private
  Sector Involvement

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