THE last tenant evicted from the Sweets Way estate has been made “intentionally homeless” after failing to accept a property in time.

Disabled Mostafa Aliverdipour was evicted from the Whetstone estate last month to make way for its redevelopment.

Barnet Homes, which deals with the borough’s social housing stock, had offered the 50-year-old a new home in Enfield – but his family said it was unsuitable for his needs.

The deadline to accept the home has now passed, and the authority has discharged its legal duty to house him.

Housing activists say Mr Aliverdipour planned to accept it, but failed to do so because of a change in medication, which had left him “exhausted” and unable to sign in time.

They say Barnet Homes also refused to accept further evidence from a GP about his housing needs.

The authority disputes this and says the home, based on medical evidence and with modifications it planned to make, fully met his needs.

In a statement yesterday, the Sweets Way Resists group, which has campaigned against the estate redevelopment, said: “Mostafa’s son, Ash, emailed Barnet Homes to say that, under duress, his father was planning to sign for and accept the current inaccessible housing offer, but was unable to do so before the 2pm deadline they had decided upon, due to the side effects of his change in medication. He received no response.

“At 7pm, he received a reply: it told him that his father had missed the latest deadline to accept the property and that Barnet Homes were discharging their duty to him. This also comes after a new letter from Mostafa’s GP, presented to Barnet Homes, outlined the exact extent of Mostafa’s needs.

“The letter was rejected by Barnet, even after they had asked for further evidence of his disability, claiming it wasn’t sufficient and that only a letter from a hospital consultant – which often take months to secure – would be accepted.”

The group added: “After a discharge, Mostafa will be determined to be ‘intentionally homeless,’ a twisted use of language that aims to blame people who have suffered through unjust treatment by the council, for their situation.

“If this discharge of duty is upheld, Mostafa will have incredibly limited recourse to housing support in the next two years, and it will be much harder to challenge the three years of mistreatment he has already received from the council.”

A spokesman for Barnet Homes said: "Following Mr Aliverdipour's eviction by Notting Hill Housing Group on Thursday 24 September, we have continued to hold the property we have located for him as well as fund the storage of his belongings.

“We have asked Mr Aliverdipour on several occasions to contact us by 2pm on Thursday 1 October to come in and sign the required tenancy paperwork. Mr Aliverdipour has not done so. With demand for housing in the borough so high we cannot continue to hold the property for him any longer.

“Barnet Homes has written to Mr Aliverdipour explaining that for these reasons it has now discharged its legal duty to house him. We will now be looking to use the property to house a family in need."