Records of the Scottish Council of Tenants Associations (1948-1958) and the Glasgow Council of Tenants Associations (1949-1958)

Minutes of meetings of the Scottish Council of Tenants Associations 1948-58 and the Glasgow Council of Tenants Associations, 1949-54, with related papers and notes

The Glasgow Council of Tenants' Associations, Scotland, was formed c1925. The Association was non-political and religiously non-sectarian and formed to ensure co-operation between affiliated housing institutions, to create and encourage social and educational facilities within the housing schemes of Glasgow, and to provide a means of organisation, information, assistance and protection to the associations and members appertaining to house occupancy and civic responsibilities thereto. Membership was open to all housing associations within the city of Glasgow under the Housing Acts (Scotland). Each association could send 3 delegates to a meeting.

An executive committee ran the Association and meetings were held monthly at various locations around Glasgow. An annual conference was held each May. Strict standing orders were enforced concerning debates and motions, and no member was allowed to speak on a topic for more than 5 minutes. It is not known when the Association ceased but it was still in existence in 1958.

The Scottish Council of Tenants' Associations was formed c1948 to promote co-operation and unity of action for speedy completion of the house-building programme, with adequate social amenities, defence against high rents and rent increases, the enforcement of protective legislation on Health and Housing, and to lobby for a new Rent Restrictions Act. The membership was open to all associations that subscribed to these objects. Each association could send 2 delegates to the Council's quarterly meetings. The Association was run by a Council elected at the Annual General Meeting in March of each year. Within the Council an executive committee was elected. The Association was affiliated to the National Association of Residents and Tenants. It is unclear as to the history of the Association after 1958.

Source: GB 247 Broady F21, Constitution'.

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

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Gift : Maurice Broady : 1959 : ACCN 4020

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This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 247 procedures

Broady F20 held by Maurice Broady, Senior Research Member, Department of Citizenship, University of Glasgow

Broady F21 held by the secretary of the Pollok Tenents' Association, Glasgow and passed onto Maurice Broady, Senior Research Member, Department of Citizenship, University of Glasgow

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The records form part of the Broady collection of over 400 Socialist pamphlets, broadsheets, election manifestos and posters from the 1930s to the 1950s. The emphasis is on publications of the Independent Labour Party, on the writings of the anarchist Guy Aldred, and on publications dealing with post-War recovery plans for Glasgow. Published material has been added to the Glasgow University Library Catalogue at http://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/search and can be found by searching for the call number Sp Coll Broady Associations