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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.
Awaab Ishak: Toddler's death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Toddler's death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for no-fault evictions to be scrapped
Renting

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay

‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’: Homeless families in temporary accommodation highest since records began
Martin has faced homelessness and lived in temporary accommodation
homelessness

‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’: Homeless families in temporary accommodation highest since records began

What we can learn from Wales' 'world-leading' plan to end homelessness once and for all
Climate change minister Julie James has laid out plans to end homelessness in Wales
Homelessness

What we can learn from Wales' 'world-leading' plan to end homelessness once and for all

Renters 'age faster' than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed
renters are ageing faster than homeowners
Renting

Renters 'age faster' than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed

Unpaid carer on universal credit rejected from renting 100 properties after no-fault eviction
End Housing Insecurity Now
End Housing Insecurity Now

Unpaid carer on universal credit rejected from renting 100 properties after no-fault eviction

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius
Fitting measures like solar panels can be monetised using carbon credits
Environment

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say
Goldsmith Street in Norwich has been held up as a good example of social housing to tackle the housing crisis and end homelessness
Housing crisis

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say

GPs ‘struggling to treat homeless people’, study finds
homelessness
Homelessness

GPs ‘struggling to treat homeless people’, study finds

Tributes paid to Perth Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie who died after heart attack: 'One in a million'
Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to Perth Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie who died after heart attack: 'One in a million'

'Utter contempt': Fury as Tory minister says not all renters are 'weed-smoking bad people in gangs'
housing minister Rachel Maclean
Renters reform bill

'Utter contempt': Fury as Tory minister says not all renters are 'weed-smoking bad people in gangs'

Pensioner couple receives four no-fault eviction notices in single year: 'They're inhumane'
Lee and Alan Harries have received several Section 21 notices
End Housing Insecurity Now

Pensioner couple receives four no-fault eviction notices in single year: 'They're inhumane'