Inside Housing
Jess McCabe Editorial
Jess is deputy features editor on Inside Housing, and also edits our quarterly environmental magazine Sustainable Housing.
Stories by this author.
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Landlords feel unprepared for the green deal
17/05/2012
The majority of social landlords feel unprepared for the government’s flagship programme to carry out energy efficiency refurbishments of Britain’s housing, despite it kicking off in just five months’ time.
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Landlords sceptical about green deal
11/05/2012
Social landlords believe the government’s flagship retrofit scheme will be unpopular with their tenants.
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Councils fail domestic violence victims
05/04/2012
Victims of domestic violence who need to be re-housed are being turned away by cash-strapped councils.
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Charities have to turn away women seeking refuge
09/03/2012
Women’s Aid turned away 230 women seeking refuge from domestic violence on a typical day last year due to lack of space, a report on the impact of welfare reform has found.
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Former Ujima boss in court as £3.5m trial begins
08/03/2012
The former chief executive of Ujima Housing Association, Keith Kerr, has appeared in Southwark Crown Court, charged with three counts, ‘a theft, a fraud and a forgery’ amounting to £3.5 million.
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London co-op issues shares to fund PV
23/02/2012
A Brixton-based co-operative has launched a share issue, to fund the installation of solar photovoltaic panels on a Lambeth estate, using an innovative model which it hopes to roll out to social housing across south London.
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Climate change advisors dismiss fuel bill fears
15/12/2011
Concerns that subsidies to improve energy efficiency will drive up fuel bills are unfounded, according to the panel that advises the government on climate change.
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Local authorities facing £86 million carbon tax bill
18/11/2011
Cash-strapped councils face a combined carbon tax bill of £86 million next year which risks stripping funds from energy saving projects, experts have warned.
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Landlords told to get ‘head start’ on green deal
25/10/2011
Grant Shapps has urged social landlords to get on with improving the energy efficiency of their homes rather than waiting for next year’s green deal scheme.