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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.
Record numbers of people faced homelessness due to ‘no-fault’ evictions at the start of 2022
homelessness
Homelessness

Record numbers of people faced homelessness due to ‘no-fault’ evictions at the start of 2022

Government urged to step in following cyber attack at UK’s biggest housing association
Clarion cyber attack
Housing Associations

Government urged to step in following cyber attack at UK’s biggest housing association

Homeless families are being moved out of Birmingham hotels ahead of the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games Birmingha
Commonwealth Games

Homeless families are being moved out of Birmingham hotels ahead of the Commonwealth Games

First-time buyers have seen house prices surge three times faster than before Covid
first time buyers
Housing

First-time buyers have seen house prices surge three times faster than before Covid

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