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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.
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'

'Substantial efforts' needed to improve knowledge of homelessness, landmark UN report says
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres has presented a report on homelessness
homelessness

'Substantial efforts' needed to improve knowledge of homelessness, landmark UN report says

'This is a city of homeless people': Finding hope in the horror with hidden heroes of Ukraine
Father Vitaliy Novak on the ground in Ukraine
Documentary

'This is a city of homeless people': Finding hope in the horror with hidden heroes of Ukraine

Mum feared her family would end up 'living in a tent' after no-fault eviction notice
The End Housing Insecurity Now campaign is intended to prevent renters like Monika from facing eviction
End Housing Insecurity Now

Mum feared her family would end up 'living in a tent' after no-fault eviction notice

Prince William, Gazza and me: A vendor's chance encounter with footballing – and actual – royalty
The Prince of Wales with Paul Gascoigne and vendor Karl Burns
Royal reception

Prince William, Gazza and me: A vendor's chance encounter with footballing – and actual – royalty

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: 'Will we ever see it again?'
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for the end of no-fault evictions
End Housing Insecurity Now

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: 'Will we ever see it again?'

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic
DWP figures show benefits don't cover rent
Housing

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
nutrient neutrality rules protect developments from introducing river pollution
River pollution

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

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