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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Renting

‘I am scared of being homeless’: Residents protest over doubling of rents

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Ukraine Crisis

Inside a Kyiv homeless hostel with the frontline workers saving lives

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Housing

‘My entire life is in that house’: 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik

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Renting

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’

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Ukraine crisis

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer

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Homelessness

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media – and why they are wrong

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Building Safety

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove’s cladding crisis plan, MPs warn

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homelessness

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’

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Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers are being offered legal advice to protect against ‘misused’ police powers

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Housing

Housing developers told they have one month to come up with cladding cash plan

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Temporary Accommodation

Twice as many women as men are living in London’s temporary accommodation

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