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There is a duty to invite a homeless applicant to consent to details of their case being referred to social services where:

• there are children in their household, and
• they may be homeless, but a duty under section 68, 73 or 75 is unlikely to be owed, or
• they may be threatened with homelessness, but the section 66 prevention duty is unlikely to be owed.

This letter enables you to invite the applicant to consent to such a referral, explains why you have to have to do this, and briefly explains what help social services may offer if a referral is made.