Nick Ballard
@nickballard.bsky.social
Head Organiser at ACORN the Union. Opinions my own, retweets & likes not endorsements. Just a good lad trying my best.
So proud of this campaign! 80% reduction in a rent hike for nearly 300 households, families kept in their homes and a community staying together. Nobody does it quite like ACORN ✊
🎉 Announcing a HUGE WIN in our Welsh Streets campaign, with a huge rent hike for hundreds of residents scrapped.
“This isn't just about bricks and mortar, it's about keeping people in their homes, supporting key workers, and preserving a vibrant Liverpool community.”
“This isn't just about bricks and mortar, it's about keeping people in their homes, supporting key workers, and preserving a vibrant Liverpool community.”
July 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
So proud of this campaign! 80% reduction in a rent hike for nearly 300 households, families kept in their homes and a community staying together. Nobody does it quite like ACORN ✊
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🚨 With Awaab’s Law coming into effect & the Renters' Rights Bill due to become law later this year, this is a crucial time to make sure renters’ voices are heard.
Whether you're a private or social tenant, please take a few minutes to share your experiences: form.123formbuilder.com/6827704/rent...
Whether you're a private or social tenant, please take a few minutes to share your experiences: form.123formbuilder.com/6827704/rent...
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 With Awaab’s Law coming into effect & the Renters' Rights Bill due to become law later this year, this is a crucial time to make sure renters’ voices are heard.
Whether you're a private or social tenant, please take a few minutes to share your experiences: form.123formbuilder.com/6827704/rent...
Whether you're a private or social tenant, please take a few minutes to share your experiences: form.123formbuilder.com/6827704/rent...
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This is exactly why the Government must move to tackle rising rents, including by capping in-tenancy rent rises, if upcoming reforms are to be effective at ending unfair evictions.
Shout out to @rentersreformco.bsky.social
for this important research
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Shout out to @rentersreformco.bsky.social
for this important research
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
third of renters could be 'forced out of their homes' despite landmark reforms
Labour’s significant Renters' Rights Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament, will ban landlords from evicting renters for no reason from their homes - but fears remain
www.mirror.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This is exactly why the Government must move to tackle rising rents, including by capping in-tenancy rent rises, if upcoming reforms are to be effective at ending unfair evictions.
Shout out to @rentersreformco.bsky.social
for this important research
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Shout out to @rentersreformco.bsky.social
for this important research
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Just a snapshot of what our members have been up to in June 🔥 🧵 ⬇️
June 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just a snapshot of what our members have been up to in June 🔥 🧵 ⬇️
After a persistent and brave 18 month campaign, ACORN members in Barton House, Bristol are now very close to a huge victory in their fight for justice.
Please watch the video below and complete the consultation👇
Please watch the video below and complete the consultation👇
🚨 We're close to a HUGE win! 🚨
After campaigning for justice for Barton House for a year and a half since the chaotic evacuation, we're now urging everyone to complete BCC's consultation to secure housing for the victims of this crisis.
Consultation guidance: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
After campaigning for justice for Barton House for a year and a half since the chaotic evacuation, we're now urging everyone to complete BCC's consultation to secure housing for the victims of this crisis.
Consultation guidance: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After a persistent and brave 18 month campaign, ACORN members in Barton House, Bristol are now very close to a huge victory in their fight for justice.
Please watch the video below and complete the consultation👇
Please watch the video below and complete the consultation👇
Bills are rising, debts are rising, bailiff profits are rising. They're a stain on our country, and we've had enough.
Join ACORN and join the fightback 👊 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
Join ACORN and join the fightback 👊 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
£6.6 billion council tax debt is owed in England alone, and with the high cost of living it’s no surprise that this is rising.
Our backwards council tax system is damaging our health and wellbeing, and our communities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our backwards council tax system is damaging our health and wellbeing, and our communities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Bills are rising, debts are rising, bailiff profits are rising. They're a stain on our country, and we've had enough.
Join ACORN and join the fightback 👊 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
Join ACORN and join the fightback 👊 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
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🇵🇸 ACORN statement on the banning of Palestine Action
June 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🇵🇸 ACORN statement on the banning of Palestine Action
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In the 1920s, Vienna started to build lots of high quality social housing. Unlike the UK, it didn't stop.
Today, more that 60% of the city's population lives in beautiful and affordable social housing like this...
Great thread from our Head Organiser @nickballard.bsky.social👇
Today, more that 60% of the city's population lives in beautiful and affordable social housing like this...
Great thread from our Head Organiser @nickballard.bsky.social👇
From 1919 to 1934, Vienna's socialist municipal government implemented a comprehensive program to construct affordable housing for the masses (🧵).
February 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In the 1920s, Vienna started to build lots of high quality social housing. Unlike the UK, it didn't stop.
Today, more that 60% of the city's population lives in beautiful and affordable social housing like this...
Great thread from our Head Organiser @nickballard.bsky.social👇
Today, more that 60% of the city's population lives in beautiful and affordable social housing like this...
Great thread from our Head Organiser @nickballard.bsky.social👇
From 1919 to 1934, Vienna's socialist municipal government implemented a comprehensive program to construct affordable housing for the masses (🧵).
February 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
From 1919 to 1934, Vienna's socialist municipal government implemented a comprehensive program to construct affordable housing for the masses (🧵).
There’s no reason why a landlord would need a huge amount of rent in advance other than greed. No one would expect you to pay for 6 months of food shopping up front!
It’s a huge step in the right direction that this is now being abolished - no wonder the landlords don’t like it!
It’s a huge step in the right direction that this is now being abolished - no wonder the landlords don’t like it!
Demands for huge sums of rent in advance are extremely common - not a last resort, as landlord groups claim.
They prevent thousands of renters from securing homes. The government is right to cap them.
Our Director @darlingtom.bsky.social writes in @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
They prevent thousands of renters from securing homes. The government is right to cap them.
Our Director @darlingtom.bsky.social writes in @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Sorry, landlords: the government is right to ban upfront rent
More than seven million people have faced upfront rent demands. The Renters’ Rights Bill is a hard-won victory for them
www.thetimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There’s no reason why a landlord would need a huge amount of rent in advance other than greed. No one would expect you to pay for 6 months of food shopping up front!
It’s a huge step in the right direction that this is now being abolished - no wonder the landlords don’t like it!
It’s a huge step in the right direction that this is now being abolished - no wonder the landlords don’t like it!
✊ ACORN International affiliate PSCC Palestine uses community organising to directly resist Israel’s illegal settler colonialism in the West Bank.
Their work is vital, and they need our support now more than ever👇
Their work is vital, and they need our support now more than ever👇
🇵🇸 Since a temporary cease-fire took hold in Gaza, Israel has turned its attention to the West Bank and Israeli settler violence against Palestinian civilians has increased.
Our affiliate PSCC Palestine is directly resisting this and need all the support we can give them (1/3).
Our affiliate PSCC Palestine is directly resisting this and need all the support we can give them (1/3).
January 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
✊ ACORN International affiliate PSCC Palestine uses community organising to directly resist Israel’s illegal settler colonialism in the West Bank.
Their work is vital, and they need our support now more than ever👇
Their work is vital, and they need our support now more than ever👇
🇨🇲 On the occasion of the General assembly of the Union of Seasonal Workers in the Sugar Cane Sector, ACORN Cameroon has mobilised seasonal workers from all the departments of the sugar company in the town of Nkoteng to build a massive collective organisation💪
January 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🇨🇲 On the occasion of the General assembly of the Union of Seasonal Workers in the Sugar Cane Sector, ACORN Cameroon has mobilised seasonal workers from all the departments of the sugar company in the town of Nkoteng to build a massive collective organisation💪