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.
‘I know what it’s like to be on the street’ Why a London frontline homeless worker is backing our campaign
Stop mass homelessness

‘I know what it’s like to be on the street’ Why a London frontline homeless worker is backing our campaign

How we could avoid the looming homelessness crisis – and save billions at the same time
Stop Mass Homelessness

How we could avoid the looming homelessness crisis – and save billions at the same time

Councils back The Big Issue’s Stop Mass Homelessness campaign
Housing

Councils back The Big Issue’s Stop Mass Homelessness campaign

Government blocks bid to scrap 200-year-old law that criminalises rough sleeping
Vagrancy Act

Government blocks bid to scrap 200-year-old law that criminalises rough sleeping

This man was sleeping at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 when Covid hit. Now he’s made a film about it
Homelessness

This man was sleeping at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 when Covid hit. Now he’s made a film about it

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’