Liam Geraghty, Author at Big Issue

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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.

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Housing

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

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Right to Buy

Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced

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Renting

Estate agents caught saying they don’t rent homes to people on benefits

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Affordable Housing

These innovative affordable housing projects are up for a prestigious architecture award

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Our vendors

Big Issue vendor performs at theatre he usually sells outside

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UK HEATWAVE

‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave

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Social housing

Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs

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Levelling Up

Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs

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Holiday homes

Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots

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UKRAINE

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England

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Heatwave

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves

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