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Jess McCabe

London

Deputy Features Editor at Inside Housing

Writer, editor, feminist. Deputy editor at Inside Housing. she/her. Open for commissions.

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Articles

  • The Week in Housing: a big week for housing

    2 weeks ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Jess McCabe

    The Week in Housing: a big week for housingThe Week in Housing is our weekly newsletter, rounding up the most important headlines for housing professionals. Sign up below to get it direct to your inbox every Friday

  • 4 things to know about the Procurement Act

    Mar 26, 2025 | insidehousing.co.uk | Jess McCabe

    Insight7.15 AM This week, Inside Housing is publishing a series of stories on the Procurement Act. Jess McCabe breaks down four of the key takeawaysSharelinesThis week, Inside Housing is publishing a series of stories on the Procurement Act. @jester breaks down four of the key takeaways #UKhousing The Procurement Act may have been passed in 2023, but it only came into force on 24 February this year. The first deals carried out under the new regime are already wending their way through the process.

  • How to shift from crisis management to preventing homelessness

    Mar 25, 2025 | insidehousing.co.uk | Jess McCabe

    Insight4.50 PM When you are in the middle of a crisis, how do you reinvent homelessness services to make them about prevention?

  • Economic abuse and shared ownership

    Mar 18, 2025 | insidehousing.co.uk | Jess McCabe

    Insight7.15 AM Shared ownership has helped many fulfil their dream of homeownership. But for survivors of domestic abuse, there is a worrying gap in the system that can cause them problems long after they have left the relationship. Jess McCabe reports. Illustration by Eva BeeSharelinesShared ownership has helped many fulfil their dream of homeownership. But for survivors of domestic abuse, there is a worrying gap in the system that can cause them problems long after they have left the relationship.

  • National Apprenticeship Week: A week in the life of… an apprenticeship mentor

    Feb 10, 2025 | insidehousing.co.uk | Jess McCabe

    Insight7.15 AM It is National Apprenticeship Week. Harry Jenkins, a heating services supervisor at rural housing association Connexus, looks after a team of engineers, as well as working as a qualified heating engineer.

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Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe @jester
19 Nov 24

September 2024 - the council agreed to fund the OT November 2024 - it still hasn't actually started being delivered!

Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe @jester

May 2024 - the tribunal finally hears our case that our son needs occupational therapy June 2024 - we win the tribunal! July 2024 - the council sends us the new EHCP including the weekly OT required. But *with no additional funding to pay for it* FML.

Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe @jester
19 Nov 24

Within the housing shortage, one group is particularly affected: families in need of a larger home. But how big is the demand? And how can building policy and allocations change, to ease the problem? My story for @insidehousing https://t.co/vXsIgorWY0

Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe @jester
24 Oct 24

RT @StephenD_: Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the salaries and other pay of the chief executives of more than 160 of the biggest ho…