Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development

Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development
Department overview
Formed	22 December 1975
Preceding Department	Department of Tourism and Recreation – for recreation ; Department of Urban and Regional Development – for urban and regional planning and development ; Department of Housing and Construction (I) – for housing ; Department of Repatriation and Compensation – for the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation ; Department of the Environment (I) – for conservation and protection of the environment;
Dissolved	5 December 1978
Superseding Department	Department of Science and the Environment – for environment and conservation ; Department of Housing and Construction (II) – for housing and building industry ; Department of Home Affairs (III) – for administration of the National Estate, Australian Heritage Commission and community development, responsibility for sport, leisure and recreational activities ; Department of Employment and Youth Affairs – for youth affairs ; Department of National Development (II) – for decentralisation, the States Grant (soil conservation) Act 1974, urban planning, development and local government;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Department executive	Bob Lansdown, Secretary;

The Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and December 1978.