1926 Glasgow Whereas the 1917 Royal Commission had recommended that 20,000 new houses should be built every year for the next fifteen years, in 1927 only 82,000 new homes had been built. The following article gives the opinions of a Glasgow MP and of a Medical Officer for Health: “Churchmen and the slum dwellers”, The Glasgow Herald, 15 December 1926. Churchmen and the slum-dwellers Conference in Glasgow The manner in which churchmen might assist in obtaining improved housing conditions was discussed at a conference representative of churchmen of the various denominations of the city, held in Glasgow yesterday. It was agreed that a deputation should be sent to the Town Council to urge that houses for the lower paid workers be provided more rapidly, and that a “Housing Sunday” should be held early next year. Blot on the City. Mr E Mitchell, M.P., presided over the conference, which was held at the Christian Institute. He said that the Slum Abolition League existed for the purpose