The i Paper

Jennifer Upjohn, a 39-year-old mother of four sons, was born and brought up in Lambeth. She has lived in the south London borough all her life, has family and friends nearby and supports her older mother who still lives locally. She has been on the Lambeth housing waiting list for over 19 years, since she was a teenager.

As a young mother she was constantly moved between hostels and short-term private rented housing, before being placed in long-term temporary accommodation with her sons and partner a decade ago.