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.