ACORN Lambeth
@acornlambeth.bsky.social
A community union for ordinary people https://linktr.ee/acornlambeth
Councils can use alternatives to bailiffs to recover council tax debt such as attachment to earnings or investing in support Tell Lambeth Council to stop using bailiffs to collect council tax debt Send an email via this link: acornuk.good.do/london/baili... #Lambeth #CouncilTax #Bailiffs
Our member Dayo is facing homelessness after being deemed 'intentionally homeless' by Lambeth Council in 2025 She is now facing eviction from her temporary accommodation Tell Lambeth Council to house Dayo - send an email here: acornuk.good.do/london/lambe... #Lambeth
Member defence win! Our member Jo was living with damp, leaks, water‑damage for over a year in her Council-owned home We got organised and got the repairs done Many thanks to all those involved Join us here: acorntheunion.org.uk/join/ #Lambeth #Housing
ACORN sticks up for our members against unfair treatment. Join Paul at ACORN Lambeth via the link in our bio #Lambeth
Our member Dayo is facing homelessness after being deemed 'intentionally homeless' by Lambeth Council in 2025 She is now facing eviction from her temporary accommodation Tell Lambeth Council to house Dayo - send an email here: acornuk.good.do/london/lambe... #Lambeth
The vast majority of people in council tax debt are people living close to or below the poverty line Tell Lambeth Council to stop using bailiffs to collect council tax debt Send an email via this link: acornuk.good.do/london/baili... #Lambeth #CouncilTax #Bailiffs
Our member Dayo is facing homelessness after being deemed 'intentionally homeless' by Lambeth Council in 2025 She is now facing eviction from her temporary accommodation Tell Lambeth Council to house Dayo - send an email here: acornuk.good.do/london/lambe... #Lambeth
Using bailiffs isn’t a fair or effective way of collecting council tax arrears Tell Lambeth Council to end the use of bailiffs to collect council tax Send an email via this link: acornuk.good.do/london/baili... #Lambeth #CouncilTax #Bailiffs
Lambeth Council: no more bailiffs! In Lambeth last year 24,108 cases of council tax debt were referred to debt collectors Tell Lambeth Council to end the use of bailiffs to collect council tax Send an email via this link: acornuk.good.do/london/baili... #Lambeth #CouncilTax #Bailiffs
Lambeth Council: no more bailiffs! In Lambeth last year 24,108 cases of council tax debt were referred to debt collectors Tell Lambeth Council to end the use of bailiffs to collect council tax Send an email via this link acornuk.good.do/london/baili... #Lambeth #CouncilTax #Bailiffs
In Oct 2025, our member Sam was living with faulty electrics and a slug infestation in his private rented flat. We got organised and he got the repairs plus compensation. Join via link in bio
In June 2024, ACORN defeated multi-millionaire landlord, Lexadon, who tried to impose a 74% rent increase on our member Kim, then tried to evict her. Kim said “So many people gave up their free time to help me. I was very moved by this” Join via link in bio
In Apr 2025, members from across London went to our member's home and contacted the council, to defend her against the threat of eviction by the Council over unpayable service charges, forcing the council to abandon the eviction. Join via link in bio
Marie faced years of leaks and mould. In June 2025 the Council moved her and her two children into one hotel room, then demanded they move out before repairs had been done ACORN won a schedule of repairs and an extension to Marie's temporary accommodation Join via link in bio
In July 2025, Karen was living for years with no cooker and unsafe electrics in her council-owned home. After a long campaign, we won her a new kitchen, with more repairs scheduled. Join via link in bio
The Renters Rights Act came into force on 1 May Fixed-term contracts are being replaced by open-ended tenancies It’s the result of sustained pressure from renters
CommonList brings together feeds from organising and activism groups to highlight the work that people are doing in their communities to address the problems they face. https://adamspaul.short.gy/commonlist #Lambeth #London
Our member Sam was living with faulty electrics and a slug infestation in his private rented flat. We got organised and he got the repairs plus compensation. Through organised action we can achieve more than we can alone. Join ACORN via the link in our bio. #Lambeth
ACORN are bringing people together because there’s strength in numbers Join Charlie at ACORN via the link in our bio #Lambeth
ACORN sticks up for our members against unfair treatment. Join Paul at ACORN Lambeth via the link in our bio #Lambeth
🚨Come work for ACORN 🚨 We’re hiring Organising Assistants in Leeds, London and Manchester! If you want to build power in working class communities, take on landlords, bailiffs and bosses, fight the cost of living crisis and win real change for our people, then this could be the job for you! (🧵…)
The government is wrong to rule out rent caps in the private sector, just as it was wrong to pledge social rent increases above inflation. shaction.org/2026/07/28/t...
Social Housing Action CampaignThe Double Squeeze: Government’s Rent Failure
Government’s Two-Front Rent Failure Betrays British Tenants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner’s explicit decision to rule out private rent controls, coupled with the government’s policy a…
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✊ ACORN's day of action against those profiting from the cost of living crisis. 9 protests across England and Wales targeting energy, water, bailiff and landlord companies... Find out more & take action here: www.acorntheunion.org.uk/cost-of-living
Tools for online organising I find that a lot of apps are cluttered, bloated, over complicated and/or not really suited for what they’re often used for. Some of my reasons are about values or ideology, some of them are more practical, although there’s… https://jottit.org/tools-for-online-organising
The Renters Rights Act came into force on 1 May Bidding wars have been banned. Landlords cannot ask for more than the published rent The more people we have, the bigger we can win
The Renters Rights Act came into force on 1 May Tenants have more power to push back against unfair hikes, and can challenge them at tribunal When we take collective action our communities are strengthened
The Renters Rights Act came into force on 1 May Landlords can only put rents up once a year When renters are organised we can stand up to landlords and win
The Renters Rights Act came into force on 1 May Tenants have more power to push back against unfair hikes, and can challenge them at tribunal When we take collective action our communities are strengthened
