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.

Housing crisis

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

RENTING

Four ways Labour's Renters' Rights Bill differs from the Tories' doomed Renters Reform Bill

Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester's rough sleepers in 'sea change for housing'

Prisons

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Matther Pennycook

Renting

Renters' Rights Bill: Labour has 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to fix the renting crisis

Homelessness

California's governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it's backfired, badly

Grenfell Tower

Progress 'far too slow' on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes

RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

Homelessness

Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament

Politics

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: 'Throwing good money away'

RENTING

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

Four ways Labour's Renters' Rights Bill differs from the Tories' doomed Renters Reform Bill

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester's rough sleepers in 'sea change for housing'

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Renters' Rights Bill: Labour has 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to fix the renting crisis

California's governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it's backfired, badly

Progress 'far too slow' on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: 'Throwing good money away'

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent

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