Early intervention to prevent and remedy homelessness is warranted both from a social and cost-effectiveness point of view. In that respect, the strategy focusing on prevention, recently outlined by the Department for Communities and Local Government, is welcome (DCLG, 2012). But this is not the case in the United Kingdom, as children participation in ECEC is higher at the top than at the bottom of the income distribution (OECD, 2011c).