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Liam Geraghty
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.
How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould
Technology

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould

Here’s a unique side of London captured through the lens of homeless photographers
Photography

Here’s a unique side of London captured through the lens of homeless photographers

Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
HOUSING

Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building

Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
Furniture poverty

Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
Housing crisis

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway
Prisons

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly
Homelessness

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly

Progress ‘far too slow’ on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes
Grenfell Tower

Progress ‘far too slow’ on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord