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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.
Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced
Right to Buy

Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced

Estate agents caught saying they don't rent homes to people on benefits
rent benefits discrimination protest Acorn Liverpool
Renting

Estate agents caught saying they don't rent homes to people on benefits

These innovative affordable housing projects are up for a prestigious architecture award
affordable housing Lovedon Fields Winchester
Affordable Housing

These innovative affordable housing projects are up for a prestigious architecture award

Big Issue vendor performs at theatre he usually sells outside
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Our vendors

Big Issue vendor performs at theatre he usually sells outside

‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave
heatwave rental homes
UK HEATWAVE

‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave

Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs
Image of houses, were many tenants in the UK live in appalling conditions.
Social housing

Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs

Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs
community right to buy
Levelling Up

Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs

Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots
holiday lets
Holiday homes

Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England
Ukraine
UKRAINE

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves
Heatwave

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves

People are being urged to help rough sleepers during the heatwave
heatwave
Heatwave

People are being urged to help rough sleepers during the heatwave

#Ready4Rishi: Sunak launched his election campaign with a hashtag
Tory leadership race

#Ready4Rishi: Sunak launched his election campaign with a hashtag

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