A huge win for public ownership in South Yorkshire today 👏🏼✊🏼 ACORN the union Supertram, South Yorkshire's Transport

A group of campaigners have urged Sheffield City Council to work with them to convert an “underused” building into a community hub.

ACORN Sheffield

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BREAKING: At yesterday's full council meeting, Sheffield City Council confirmed plans to raise council tax on empty homes in the city - a huge win for our campaign ✊🏼✊🏼🥳

Massive shout out to all the councillors that backed the campaign throughout - let's put this policy into practice...

Community organising gets the job done.

No battle is too big or too small - when we stand together, we can win.

Tax the Landlords, not the People!

Sheffield has a housing shortage. Is charging landlords who keep homes empty double the rate of council tax part of the solution? 🤔

A thread 🧵👇

(📸: Benjamin Elliott)

Another big year for our union🚩

From stopping evictions and taking on councils, to blockading arms factories, our members have made 2023 our biggest yet. Let’s make 2024 even bigger👊

This is obviously fake, but you know he was still devastated when it took him two kicks to get through that fake front door.

The fact that people like this are allowed to rent houses to tenants is an absolute disgrace.

Any response to this from Sheffield City Council or Douglas Johnson?

Or do they plan to let rough sleeping continue to rise while council-owned homes sit empty?

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'Douglas Johnson and the rest of the Housing Committee should be ashamed of themselves'

ACORN Sheffield's full statement on the appalling news about empty council homes:

Sheffield next? 👀

Why are Sheffield City Council spending over £2 MILLION on emergency accommodation, while almost 100 council homes lay empty?

You do the maths...

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Don’t believe everything you read or hear. Dirty tricks from the Mayor’s office won’t stop the truth getting out.

Solidarity with our friends and comrades in ACORN Bristol

Our members won't be intimidated by crybullying politicians. We'll keep fighting for our rights with everything we have. No justice; no peace!

947 empty council homes in Sheffield.

964 people in the highest-priority band waiting for housing.

7 months average wait time!

Something doesn't add up Sheffield City Council

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Eviction resisted in Haringey this morning, bailiffs sent home 👋

The tenants united will never be defeated!

Darnall is filthy and we're sick of it. ACORN members from across Darnall are demanding the Council take action on the out-of-control litter and fly-tipping issue.
We need:
-> More skips
-> More bins
-> More street cleaning
and we won't stop until we've won what we deserve.

The moment that ACORN member Rose got paid back her £992 deposit after NINE MONTHS when ACORN Hackney showed up at her letting agent’s office - direct action gets the goods ✊ (1/3)