Liam Geraghty

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Deputy Digital Editor, News at The Big Issue

Journalist @BigIssue. Writing about housing and homelessness plus a bit of everything else. Tips to liam(dot)geraghty(at)bigissue(dot)com

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Articles

Here's one way to tackle rising rural homelessness: Invest in rural housing

1 week ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing English Rural Housing Association, Porchlight and Commonweal Housing have urged the government to ramp up Housing First in the countryside to prevent rising homelessness in rural areas Campaigners are calling on the government to scale up Housing First projects in rural areas in a bid to tackle rising homelessness outside cities.
This clinic is helping people experiencing homelessness to breathe

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Health A walk-in respiratory clinic in Nottingham offers people without a home the chance to take charge of their health, when the health system does not work for them The cruel reality of homelessness is that even preventable illnesses can pose a major threat – and respiratory conditions would perhaps not be the first risk that comes to mind.
What do Trump's tariffs mean for UK mortgage rates and rents?

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing Donald Trump's tariffs have sparked fears of a global recession. Here's what it could mean for mortgages and rents Donald Trump’s tariffs have upset global markets, put the US on the path for a trade war with Canada and China – and sparked fears over what they might mean for British businesses, as well as the impact on mortgages and rents.
Cancer is more deadly when you're homeless. This new projects aims to change that

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Health The East of England Cancer Alliance and Anglia Ruskin University have joined forces for a two-year pilot embedding health workers in homeless hostels to detect and treat liver cancer among people experiencing homelessness. Big Issue headed to Cambridge to find out how it could save lives A cancer diagnosis is a dizzying and distressing event in anyone’s life, triggering a whirlwind of appointments and gruelling, life-saving treatments.
Families face 100-year wait for social housing in some parts of England

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing The wait for a three-bedroom social home in three London boroughs is so long that it outlasts life expectancy, new research has found. Housing charities have called on the government to ramp up investment in social housing at June’s spending review Families on social housing waiting lists in some parts of England face waiting more than a century to get a suitable social home, new research has found.
One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing Rent campaigners call for deposits to be ‘passported’ between tenancies in a bid to stop tenants borrowing cash from friends and family or using credit cards to cover initial costs A quarter of renters struggle to get their full deposit back at the end of a tenancy, new research from Generation Rent has found. A total of £5.4bn in renters’ cash is held in Britain’s tenancy deposit protection schemes as a financial security for landlords against damage or unpaid rent.
Labour is 'missing a trick' by not taxing housing wealth, expert says

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing Housing has become the ‘engine of wealth inequality’, writes academic Sue J Smith, with the richest 10% median wealth-holding at £1.2m in Britain today compared to £16,500 among the least well-off 10% The Labour government has been urged to reform taxes on housing wealth in a bid to reduce rising inequality between rich and poor in the housing market.
More than half a million NEET young people have never had a paid job

2 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Employment Learning and Work Institute’s research warned that it could harm youngster’s life prospects and have a wider scarring effect on economic growth Nearly one million young people are neither earning or learning and new research has found more than half of them have never had a paid job, according to new research from employment experts.
Young people quitting London over housing crisis

3 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing London’s largest housing associations have called for more social housing funding to prevent ‘generation exodus’ of young people quitting the English capital Twenty-somethings are quitting London after being priced out of the city, leading social housing associations have warned in a plea to Labour to ramp up funding for housebuilding.
Introduce inspections for temporary housing to stop children living in horror homes

3 weeks ago | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty

Housing Record numbers of children are living in temporary accommodation with surging demand leading to some living in 'unsuitable' homes such as B&Bs and hotels The government should introduce mandatory inspections for properties used as temporary accommodation, MPs have said, in a bid to prevent families being put up in “unsuitable” B&Bs, bedsits and hotels.