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Rent in Advance
Yet another national housing policy win for ACORN With Labour’s Renters Rights Bill in parliament, ACORN members voted on 5 priority areas to push for improvements through parliament. One of these areas was to outlaw the practice of landlords requiring tenants to pay multiple months rent in advance in order to secure a tenancy. The…
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Bus Franchising in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Nearly two years of campaigning ends in big win for ACORN Cambridge and local people Previously Cambridgeshireites experienced the same public transport woes as their fellows around the country. Deregulation and lack of public funding meant big profits for bus companies and cut routes, unreliable services and higher prices for passengers. So ACORN Cambridge voted…
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Strong Showing from ACORN Brighton!
Vulnerable Brighton families protected from council austerity February is a dark month for many in England and Wales. Not only do we still have weeks left until the clocks spring forward but it’s also the month that most councils set their annual budget and we find out just how much austerity, or rather suffering, they’ll…
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Bradford Eviction Resisted!
ACORN Bradford faces down bailiffs to protect a member facing eviction One of the many tools our union has at its disposal to protect members is the eviction resistance. As it sounds, our members prevent an eviction, not by sending letters or pleading with officials, but by putting their bodies on the line to get…
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Bristol Public Toilets Win
Timely win for Bristolians in need of toilets! Back in 2020/21 the Bristol branch of ACORN fought a campaign to force the city council to reopen the public toilets. They managed to engage a huge number of Bristolians on an issue that’s very deeply felt, with thousands responding to our consultation on the issue and…
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Renters Rights Bill
ACORN the Union flexing our muscles in the Houses of Parliament Our union has been hard at work pushing the Renters Rights Bill through the UK parliament. Along with our partners in the Renters Reform Coalition (RRC), staff and members of ACORN have fought tirelessly to help bring about this once in a generation opportunity…
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Big Win For ACORN Southend Member
Huge £3000 win for ACORN Southend member Our member Robert ended up living in horrible conditions. For years he lived in an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO, riddled with damp and other disrepair issues. The conditions were so bad they exacerbated Robert’s COPD and caused numerous chest infections and hospital visits. Our union simply won’t stand…
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Win for Exbury House residents in Hackney!
ACORN members and Exbury House residents have recently secured a fantastic win in Hackney! After several months of actions and brilliant campaigning the council has now committed to: We started doorknocking in Exbury House at the start of the year and members organized two explosive house meetings in April where scores of residents joined our…
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ACORN Brighton Boot the Bailiffs!
ACORN has forced the council to stop using bailiffs to chase struggling people for council tax debt, and invest over £2million in the crisis fund! In late October, ACORN Brighton revealed that following a year-long campaign against the council’s use of bailiffs to collect council tax, we’ve won the campaign! Cllr Tristram Burden confirmed Brighton…
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Bus Franchising in the West Midlands
ACORN members in the West Midlands are celebrating a magnificent win. In February last year, members voted to campaign for better buses. A year and a half later, ACORN Birmingham and ACORN Coventry are celebrating a huge win. The two joined forces to run the campaign and saw a number of successes along the way,…