Liam Geraghty, Author at Big Issue

Liam Geraghty

Liam has written for The Big Issue since 2017, originally starting out as a Junior Writer/Sub-Editor before working up the ranks to become Senior Reporter in 2019 and Deputy Digital Editor (News) in 2023. That role sees him take charge of news and investigations relating to housing, homelessness and social issues. He also helps Big Issue vendors tell their story.

ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

Homelessness

More than half of Brits think there'll always be significant levels of homelessness

Housing

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can't we make it work in the UK?

House prices

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025

A woman holding a banner reading 'Justice'

Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'

homeless tents on Oxford Street in London

Homelessness

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes

Mark Bryant greets Yasmina at the door of his Whitley Bay home

Homelessness

Homeless woman reunites with couple who 'changed her life' when they gave her a bed for the night

HOMELESSNESS

'This could be a lifesaver': Homeless pods equipped with heart monitors open for Christmas

Renting

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords

Homelessness

'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas

Rough sleeping

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

More than half of Brits think there'll always be significant levels of homelessness

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can't we make it work in the UK?

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes

Homeless woman reunites with couple who 'changed her life' when they gave her a bed for the night

'This could be a lifesaver': Homeless pods equipped with heart monitors open for Christmas

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords

'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'

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