Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act 1851
The Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act 1851[1] (14 & 15 Vict. c. 34), sometimes (like the Common Lodging Houses Act 1851) known as the Shaftesbury Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the principal British Housing Acts. It gave boroughs and vestries the power to raise funds via local rates or Public Works Loan Commissioners to build lodging houses for unmarried working (as opposed to unemployed) people.[2] The Act takes its name from Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to encourage the Establishment of Lodging Houses for the Labouring Classes. |
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| Citation | 14 & 15 Vict. c. 34 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 July 1851 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
References
- Robert Anstruther Strange. Lodging Houses Acts. The Common Lodging Houses Act, 1851, and the Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act, 1851. Shaw and Sons. Fetter Lane, London. 1851. Google Books.
- This short title was conferred on this Act by section 1 of this Act.
- A. J. Scott, The Urban Land Nexus and the State (London: Pion, 1980), table 10.1.
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