ABSTRACT
The early to mid-1990s is a particularly interesting period in which to examine urban local authority housing policy. Conservative government policies that affected the management and maintenance of local authority housing departments were particularly significant. In general terms, local authority housing has been in a state of flux as a consequence of the scale and pace of legislation. In particular there have been substantial modifications in the organisational delivery of housing services. For example, the establishment of partnerships with housing associations and the private sector, as well as new approaches to housing management and tenant participation, have superseded the tradition of the housing department as a monolithic designer and provider of services. L. B. Hackney’s importance as a research location is predicated on a sustained attempt within the authority to instigate a new set of housing policies and to restructure its relationship with central government, the private sector and other housing agencies located in the Borough.
