Alma Blackman 
Homelessness in the United Kingdom 
Prevention Policies and Strategies

This book provides background information on government policy on tackling statutory homelessness, i.e. those households for whom local authorities, after receiving an application, have a duty to secure accommodation because they are unintentionally homeless. It also discusses "how services can be managed in a way that prevents all households, regardless of whether they are families, couples, or single people, from reaching a crisis point where they are faced with homelessness, " and the duties owed to the non-statutory homeless.