HOUSING campaigners occupying condemned homes replied to a judge’s eviction ruling yesterday by taking over a neighbouring house and setting up a social centre.

A hearing at Barnet county court ruled against the families who have lived at 60 Sweets Way for almost a month, granting property developer Annington Homes full possession of the space.

But residents and campaigners refused to buckle under the pressure and quickly moved their social centre to another property on the former Ministry of Defence estate.