Homeless (SAAP)
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 327316 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | A person is homeless if he or she does not have access to safe, secure and adequate housing. Unsafe, insecure and inadequate housing includes housing:
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This is the broadest definition of homeless and is not used for Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (CSHA) reporting purposes. The definition of homeless that is used in CSHA data collections can be found in the 'Household - Greatest need status' metadata item. |
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Comments: | There is considerable concern over the number of homeless people in society and the assistance they require. Collecting information on homeless people is problematic, as the concept of 'homelessness' encompasses elements in addition to whether, someone resides in a dwelling or not. A SAAP client should either be homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless, as defined by the SAAP Act. A person who requires the support of a SAAP worker to maintain their current housing situation is at imminent risk. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | SAAP National Data Collection Agency Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | SAAP National Data Collection collectors manual, 2001-02. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Homelessness Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 Is re-engineered from Homeless SAAP, version 2, DEC, NHADD, NHDAMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.9 KB) No registration status |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Community Housing DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Household—greatest need reason, code N Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Household—greatest need reason, code N Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Mainstream community housing DSS 2014- Housing assistance, Recorded 12/05/2016 |