Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890

Background

The Act

• 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.

  Implications

• lease land for the erection thereon of workmen's dwellings
• itself undertake the erection of dwellings or the improvement or reconstruction of existing dwellings
• fit up, furnish and maintain lodging working classes
• make any necessary by-laws and regulations for the management and use of the lodging houses
• sell dwellings or lodging houses established for seven years or upwards under Part III. of the Act whenever such dwellings or lodging houses are deemed by the Council and the Local Government Board to be unnecessary or too expensive to keep up.