ACORN the union
The union for the community. From housing to public transport, we use collective action to transform our communities and our country. Together we win!
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- 📈 For years rents have been rising, with the average British renter now spending more than 40% of their income on a roof over their head, and much more in places such as London. It’s no wonder that the majority of people support measures to stop runaway rents!
- Dystopian. There is no reason for landlords to be remotely controlling the heating in their tenants homes. This is a consequence of treating housing as a financial asset to line pockets, rather than as somewhere for people to actually LIVE.
- No heating, no hot water, dangerous conditions. All while Harris was lining his pockets at his tenants expense. Reform claim to be a break from the establishment but they're the same corrupt, self serving politicians who have been selling our country down the river for years.
- The people who tell you we don’t need rent controls are the same people lining their pockets from charging over £1000 a month to live in a kitchen.
- This delay lets landlords get away with forcing kids to grow up with mould, forcing families to ration heat in cold, inefficient homes and forcing renters to live in fear of retaliation for complaining. A decent home is the absolute bare minimum. Delaying it is indefensible.
- ACORN Lambeth making our demands for a Bailiff Free Britain clear 💪
- No, but building social housing at scale, rent controls and prioritising tenants’ right to a home over landlords’ pockets might.
- 1 in 5 adults in the UK are living in poverty. Meanwhile, we entered the year with a record number of billionaires. None of this is inevitable. It’s a political choice we must refuse to accept.
- A record number of children are living in temporary accommodation. Teachers are being forced to pick up the slack for a housing crisis created in Westminster.
- But the landlord lobby said the Renters’ Rights Act would destroy housing stock… it’s almost like they were just trying to protect their own pockets!
- This cannot continue. We need a complete overhaul of the current housing system that runs down, sells off and rations social housing, leaving those on the lowest incomes to pay the price.
- Private water companies are lining their pockets while providing abysmal service, dumping raw sewage into our rivers and seas, and letting infrastructure rot. Nationalise the lot.
- The rich get richer. That wealth buys them political influence. The poor get poorer. It’s us vs them. It’s class war. Simple as.
- 300,000 complaints from tenants living in unfit homes in 3 years. Just 64 prosecutions. 50% of local authorities responsible for housing did not fine a single landlord, and over 1/3 did not issue any formal action against people letting out homes unlawfully. Disgraceful.
- Do landlords ever stop crying? The entire housing system in this country is designed to line the pockets of these people, they’ve had it all their way for decades. Yet they never seem to stop moaning.
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- The same publications that fight against workers striking for better pay are always the ones writing sob stories about wealthy people “struggling” financially🤔
- Treat yourself this Christmas, join ACORN🎄 🔗 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
- “Private renters’ debt is on average over £4,000.” That’s a generation pushed into debt just to keep a roof over their heads. The only way we guarantee affordable rents is by dismantling the current system that exists only to enrich landlords and investors at our expense.
- Rent is skyrocketing in the lead up to Christmas & deposit demands are through the roof. This is hitting Wales particularly hard. It’s time to fight back. That’s why we recently held our first ever All Wales ACORN meeting, bringing members from all across the country together.
- Spot on. Cherry picked data claiming that housing is getting more affordable simply doesn’t line up with reality. And we all know it!
- 🚨 8 POLICE SENT TO EVICT A FATHER AND HIS CHILDREN Disgracefully, Islington Council sent 8 police officers to evict member Richard and his two young children today. Demand this decision is reversed and that this family is not homeless for Christmas below!👇 acornuk.good.do/london/stop-...
- 🇵🇸 The largest political hunger strike in decades is unfolding right now. Take action here👇 tinyurl.com/y7a79ym6
- It’s no surprise that Labour are struggling to meet these targets when they’ve put housing in the hands of developers. But even if this target is hit, it’s not enough. We don’t just need housing for housing sake, we need truly affordable housing.
- Yesterday ACORN Birmingham members took the Bailiff Free Britain campaign to the council. Join the fight back against bully bailiffs 👇 acorntheunion.org.uk/bailiffs/
- 🔥 Last month we launched our national Bailiff Free Britain campaign. This month we’ve taken it on the road, with actions all across England and Wales and more yet to come! If you want to join the fight, then join ACORN today!
- 🏡 High quality, affordable public housing isn’t a fantasy. Vienna is proof of that. It’s time we did the same.
- (🧵) Our council tax system is broken. It’s time to change that. In the budget, Rachel Reeves has the chance to build a fairer system that ensures dignity, not debt. 🔗 Write to your MP and tell them to back our campaign: acornuk.good.do/englandcampa...
- Council tax isn't just economically outdated, this broken system is hurting our communities. We need council tax reform to counter the growing crisis in council tax debt that is affecting 4 million+ households. Tell your MP to support our campaign: 🔗 acornuk.good.do/englandcampa...
- 🚨 Successful eviction resistance from ACORN Leeds! Our member, Evie, has been mistreated by her landlord and threatened with eviction multiple time. But yesterday the bailiffs came for real. Thankfully, bailiffs are no match for an organised community💪
- 📣 Starting tomorrow, half price comedy tickets in Clapham all week! The Good Landlord is a hilarious new dark comedy play about renting. Use code ‘RENT’ for 50% off tickets here👇 linktr.ee/poundroadpro...
- ACORN members Kathryn and Tony were told they couldn't have just FOUR more days in their home before their new place was ready. They were told a bailiff was coming to turf them out, but we were never going to let that happen. There’s power in community, become a member today!
- 🚨 The bulk of the Renters’ Rights Act will will come into force on the 1st of May (🧵)
- We’re here in Brussels at the ACORN International yearly conference! Affiliates from Palestine to Cameroon, Canada to Sicily, have come together to learn from each other and share our skills and experience to build ACORN across the world. Our struggle is global🌍
- This campaign isn’t just about bailiffs. It’s about changing the entire council tax system. With the budget coming up, now is the time to write to your MP now and demand that they put pressure on Rachel Reeves to rchange this broken system! 🔗 acornuk.good.do/englandcampa...
- 🎥 Great coverage from @itvnews.bsky.social on the fight for a fairer council tax system. 🔗 Watch the full report here: www.itv.com/news/granada...
- Sick of housing horror stories? You know what to do🎃 🔗 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
- 🚨 The Renters’ Rights Bill has now received Royal Assent. From ACORN's very first meeting in Bristol over a decade ago, we identified ending unfair evictions as a key demand for our campaigning and a key wrong to right for our class.
- Today Awaab’s Law comes into effect. But across the country, damp and mouldy homes are plaguing private renters. The government needs to announce the date for this law to be extended to the private sector immediately.
