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.
Almost all Welsh councils are bracing themselves for a surge in homelessness this winter
Housing

Almost all Welsh councils are bracing themselves for a surge in homelessness this winter

Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing – almost five years after Grenfell
Fire Safety

Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing – almost five years after Grenfell

Revealed: Thousands of homes being built on floodplains ignore climate change risk
Housing

Revealed: Thousands of homes being built on floodplains ignore climate change risk

Homelessness could cost the government £2.6bn a year without action
Stop Mass Homelessness

Homelessness could cost the government £2.6bn a year without action

Jeff Bezos has donated $100m to homelessness causes – here’s how much that is in the real world
Homelessness

Jeff Bezos has donated $100m to homelessness causes – here’s how much that is in the real world

‘It’s beyond belief’: Only one social home built for every 192 households on waiting lists
Social Housing

‘It’s beyond belief’: Only one social home built for every 192 households on waiting lists

Late Big Issue seller Dean Williams remembered as ‘outgoing friend to everyone’
Our Vendors

Late Big Issue seller Dean Williams remembered as ‘outgoing friend to everyone’

New Holloway Prison site will have homes for women leaving the justice system
Housing

New Holloway Prison site will have homes for women leaving the justice system

Rent increases hit 13-year high as people flock back to cities
Renting

Rent increases hit 13-year high as people flock back to cities

Brighton manager Graham Potter sleeps rough for homelessness charity as Premier League in spotlight over kit row
News

Brighton manager Graham Potter sleeps rough for homelessness charity as Premier League in spotlight over kit row

Demand homeless veterans are housed this Remembrance Day – and everyone else too
Housing

Demand homeless veterans are housed this Remembrance Day – and everyone else too

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended
Housing

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended