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.

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:

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