Homelessness prevention activities enable a household to remain in their current home, where appropriate, or provide options to enable a planned and timely move and help to sustain independent living.
Prevention information
We can intervene in three stages to prevent homelessness:
Early intervention
To identify those at risk and to provide services which support the person and their environment before early problems or disputes escalate beyond repair.
Pre-crisis intervention
These include advice services, mediation services, negotiation with landlords to avoid imminent loss of a home and targeted services at known risk points such as those leaving local authority care, prison or armed forces.
