A FAMILY evicted from an estate earmarked for regeneration was left with nowhere to go yesterday after Barnet Council reportedly refused to find them a suitable home.

The Karagozes were the last of the 10 families evicted from the Sweets Way estate promised new homes after the council came under pressure from the community.

Eldest daughter Fatos Karagoz was one of the protesters outside Barnet housing services on Monday demanding her parents and 12 year-old brother were rehoused in the borough.

She told the Morning Star that while all other families were offered homes, the Karagozes were left homeless.

“They only offered us one property and we didn’t accept it because we didn’t know it was a one-off chance,” she added.

According to Ms Karagoz the home offered to them was unsuitable due to her mother’s health condition.

When the family reconsidered less than 24 hours later, the house had been given to another family.

“Now all they can say is you made yourself intentionally homeless,” she said.

Sweets Way is a former Ministry of Defence property currently under lease by Notting Hill housing association.

The area is set to become a “garden village” by property developers Annington Homes.

Barnet Council tenants have been evicted one by one from their properties in the last few weeks but replacement housing in the area has been too slow.

The council argued it had “offered alternative temporary accommodation to all [evicted] households.”

A housing services spokeswoman said: “Barnet Homes is working proactively to assist those households who are eligible for housing assistance and who have not turned down an offer of suitable alternative accommodation.”

Private residents of Sweets Way are also set to be evicted from the property at a later date.

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