Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890

The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 70) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Background

Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885, a public health act not a housing act, empowered local authorities to condemn slum housing, but could not purchase the land and finance new housing. This act did.

The act is made up of four parts and seven schedules:

Part 1:Unhealthy Areas
Part 2:Unhealthy Dwellings
Part 3:Working Class Lodging Houses
Part 4:Supplemental
First Schedule : A list of the names of relevant authorities
Second Schedule :Provisions for compulsory purchase
Third Schedule: Provisions for closing premises
Fourth and Fifth Schedule: A collection of forms to be used in applying the act.
Sixth Schedule: Lists required byelaws that authorities need to enact

This gave London County Council the legal power to buy land and to construct tenements and housing estates.

↑ The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, Annotated with Appendices, date=1890, Publisher= Knight & Co, 90 Fleet Street, London. Digitised and in Public Domain

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