Common Lodging Houses Act 1851

The Common Lodging Houses Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 28), sometimes (like the Labouring Classes 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 supervise public health regarding 'common lodging houses' for the poor and migratory people. The Act takes its name from Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

Common Lodging Houses Act 1851
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the well-ordering of Common Lodging Houses.
Citation14 & 15 Vict. c. 28
Dates
Royal assent24 July 1851
Text of statute as originally enacted
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