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.
Cladding firms could be banned from the UK if they don’t pay to fix building safety crisis
Housing

Cladding firms could be banned from the UK if they don’t pay to fix building safety crisis

‘The Big Issue got me back on my feet’: Magazine seller turns his life around with new security job
News

‘The Big Issue got me back on my feet’: Magazine seller turns his life around with new security job

Under-fire Clarion Housing Association boss is ‘ashamed’ at state of social homes
Social Housing

Under-fire Clarion Housing Association boss is ‘ashamed’ at state of social homes

Peers vote to scrap the Vagrancy Act in controversial government bill
Vagrancy Act

Peers vote to scrap the Vagrancy Act in controversial government bill

‘When Covid started I saw hell’: Temporary accommodation is ‘violating children’s human rights’
Temporary Accommodation

‘When Covid started I saw hell’: Temporary accommodation is ‘violating children’s human rights’

Second homes tax loophole to close as Airbnbs surge in staycation hotspots
Housing

Second homes tax loophole to close as Airbnbs surge in staycation hotspots

The pioneering university project helping homeless people get degrees
Homelessness

The pioneering university project helping homeless people get degrees

Social housing tenant hospitalised after ceiling collapses on her head
Social housing

Social housing tenant hospitalised after ceiling collapses on her head

‘It’s a Christmas miracle’: Big Issue vendor returns lost purse to customer on Christmas Day
Our vendors

‘It’s a Christmas miracle’: Big Issue vendor returns lost purse to customer on Christmas Day

Michael Gove gives developers ‘final chance’ to pay £4bn to fix cladding crisis
Cladding

Michael Gove gives developers ‘final chance’ to pay £4bn to fix cladding crisis

Building the targeted 300,000 homes a year ‘may not be enough to end housing crisis’
Housing

Building the targeted 300,000 homes a year ‘may not be enough to end housing crisis’

‘There’s no magic bullet’: Westminster government won’t follow Wales in buying cladding homes
Cladding

‘There’s no magic bullet’: Westminster government won’t follow Wales in buying cladding homes