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 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game perfectly exemplifies UK’s housing crisis
Liam Geraghty

How Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game perfectly exemplifies UK’s housing crisis

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building
Architecture

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay
Renting

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay

‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’: Homeless families in temporary accommodation highest since records began
homelessness

‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’: Homeless families in temporary accommodation highest since records began

What we can learn from Wales’ ‘world-leading’ plan to end homelessness once and for all
Homelessness

What we can learn from Wales’ ‘world-leading’ plan to end homelessness once and for all

Renters ‘age faster’ than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed
Renting

Renters ‘age faster’ than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed

Unpaid carer on universal credit rejected from renting 100 properties after no-fault eviction
End Housing Insecurity Now

Unpaid carer on universal credit rejected from renting 100 properties after no-fault eviction

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius
Environment

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say
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

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’
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to Perth Big Issue vendor Rab Lakie who died after heart attack: ‘One in a million’