A FORGOTTEN POLICY? A PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF HOUSING ACTION TRUST POLICY, 198799

This paper examines the evolution and outcome of Housing Action Trust (HAT) policy, focusing on three aspects of the HAT programme: (1) the initial evolution of HAT policy and, in particular, the detailed changes that allowed HATs to be established; (2) the apparent 'transformation' of HAT policy from an exit mechanism to a neighbourhood regeneration mechanism; and (3) the HAT programme's significance and influence on neighbourhood regeneration policy. The paper is based on a series of interviews in each of the HAT areas in the period 199499.