Acorn

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Reports

‘They needed to know how wrong this was’: one woman’s battle against council bailiffs

Bristol City Council claims to have an ‘ethical’ debt collection policy, but has sent bailiffs to thousands of vulnerable residents’ doors. After pressure from ACORN, the council has finally committed to investigate.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with ACORN’s Wesley Bear on activism, the Barton House evacuation, and frosty relations with the council

Neil Maggs George Colwey Priyanka Raval
Neil Maggs, George Colwey and Priyanka Raval

Local Elections 2021

Wielding the strength of the union: ACORN Bristol’s demands

Arvind Howarth
Arvind Howarth

Reports

Protesters claim victory in blocking “illegal” eviction

ACORN campaigners have stopped former Bristol City Football Club director from evicting a mother and her three small children from their home.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Ideas and Action

Victory for campaign as mayor scraps council tax changes

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Pressure builds on mayor to drop council tax changes that hit poorest

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Voices

Opinion: We need to fight council tax plans that hit poorest hardest

The short sighted and damaging plans need to be dropped and another way found, argues Anny Cullum an organiser for ACORN.

Anny Cullum

Ideas and Action

Eviction resistance at Camelot property

Campaigners celebrate after eviction of Camelot tenant is postponed by protest yesterday.

Jenny Stringer

Ideas and Action

Collective re-organisation

In Bristol, people are turning to alternative unions like ACORN and the IWW to get their voices heard on critical issues such as housing and workplace inequality.

Jenny Stringer

City

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Lettings fees ban: The lobbyists push back

Although the ban on tenant fees from lettings agents was hailed by many as a positive step forward for renters, the industry lobbies are gearing...

Jenny Stringer

Ideas and Action

Housing: Talk is turning into action

It’s not often we can report positive news about housing. But last night’s Big Housing Conversation (Round 2) provided precisely that.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

An ethics lesson for emergency housing

Bristol council this week announced it would be adopting ACORN’s Ethical Lettings Charter as the standard for housing across the city. What will it mean...

Alex Turner
Alex Turner
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