HOUSING activists launched nationwide protests at the weekend to highlight the scandal of empty homes while 100,000 people live in temporary accommodation. 

Small protests were held in several London boroughs to demand the repopulation of empty council homes and condemn the “social cleansing” of low-income families from the capital. 

Hundreds also tuned into a national online rally, hearing from new Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.