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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.
Social housing at 'breaking point', housing ombudsman warns
Aerial shot of social housing
Social housing

Social housing at 'breaking point', housing ombudsman warns

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
renters are living with damp and mould and other issues
Renting

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases

Stunning portrait of Big Issue vendor 'shows the power of art' to tackle homelessness
Shane Record's painting of Big Issue vendor Raheem Ahmed
Art

Stunning portrait of Big Issue vendor 'shows the power of art' to tackle homelessness

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and 'third-world poverty conditions', government told
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Housing

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and 'third-world poverty conditions', government told

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital
rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden
Homelessness

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital

UK inflation unexpectedly rising to 4% in December spells 'bad news for families'
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on inflation
Cost of living crisis

UK inflation unexpectedly rising to 4% in December spells 'bad news for families'

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'
man experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home
Protestors storm Lambeth Council offices over damp and mould hospitalising baby
Housing

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: 'Now is not the time'
homeless deaths
homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: 'Now is not the time'

UK at risk of 'technical recession' despite GDP growth in November: 'This isn't a thriving economy'
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will be tasked with stopping the UK economy slipping into a technical recession
Economy

UK at risk of 'technical recession' despite GDP growth in November: 'This isn't a thriving economy'

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024
fighting the housing crisis and evictions in Jakarta
World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'
Big Issue vendor Will Payne
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'