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.

Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act 1851

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to encourage the Establishment of Lodging Houses for the Labouring Classes.
Citation	14 & 15 Vict. c. 34
Dates
Royal assent	24 July 1851
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Repealed by	Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted