On Monday, people kept a family from being evicted and pushed a council to reverse the decision that would have left them homeless. But we need to keep up the pressure to keep Mostafa and the family safe.

Photo by Hannah Nicklin

Yesterday many of us were prepared to be arrested. Not by choice, but because we had seen what Mostafa and his family had gone through, and we had seen them failed over and over again by the various systems that are meant to protect people in their positions.

We were prepared to do everything peaceful within our power to stop High Court bailiffs from entering the home of the last family at Sweets Way and making them homeless. We were prepared to do this knowing that doing so could constitute a criminal offence that could be left hanging over our heads for the rest of our lives.

But we…