A POSSESSION order was granted to evict a family and its supporters from the Sweets Way estate yesterday after it was occupied to save it from developers.

Up to 50 campaigners then shut down the Barnet Homes office in north London in protest for Mostafa Alivredipour and his family by blocking the front and back doors. A campaigner told the Star: “We’ve gone through the proper formal process but it’s abysmal the way they’ve treated the family.”

It is “utterly ridiculous” that the possession order was granted to High Court bailiffs to use against a disabled man, a High Court judge said at the Royal Courts of Justice.

“County court bailiffs won’t touch Sweets Way with a bargepole” after they were faced with resistance on August 10 from supporters who occupy 25 out of the 142 homes, the campaigner added.

Building contractors have smashed up the insides of the homes to render them uninhabitable, but occupiers fixed them, the campaigner said.

“None of us are willing to see this estate destroyed for luxury homes and we are demonstrating that the homes can be lived in,” he continued.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman contacted the Star to say that the estate is to “provide homes for service personnel.”

He added: “The people illegally occupying these premises should now obey the law and leave.”

Mostafa and his two daughters — who have barricaded themselves in their home — were offered a four-bedroom property by Barnet Homes, when they only need three bedrooms, which was unsuitable for his disability and housing benefit limits.

He sustained a spinal injury three years ago while working as a carer in a hospice and now uses a wheelchair.

A spokesperson for Barnet Homes told the Star that reports stating the proposed accommodation is unsuitable are false.

They added: “We were able to locate a property that fully meets the needs of Mr Alivredipour and his household based on the information we have been provided with. At this time he has not viewed the property and therefore we recommend that he attends a viewing next week, at a time to be arranged.

“We always strive to minimise disruption to people's lives and take into account their individual needs when offering alternative accommodation. Barnet, along with all other boroughs, is experiencing high demand for all types of housing and the demand for affordable homes in the borough is much greater than the number of properties available.”