Skip to main content
Property barons made unwelcome

PROPERTY barons were told some home truths by housing campaigners yesterday as activists scolded delegates at this year’s Mipim fair.

Dozens of protesters held their own against the pouring rain, crying out against rising rents, public land sell-offs and Britain’s spiralling housing crisis.

Despite the bad press generated by turning up to last year’s exhibition, London boroughs of Lambeth, Westminster and Croydon were among those present this time.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Anthony Slaughter at the Senedd
Wales / 6 March 2026
6 March 2026

In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER

Various For Sale, Sold and Let By estate agent signs juxtaposed next to a Dreams store in Clapham, London
Class / 18 July 2025
18 July 2025

Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON