Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Greatest need reason |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 607878 |
Registration status:![]() | Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 |
Definition:![]() | The reason as to why a household has been identified as being in greatest need of priority access to services, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Household—greatest need reason |
Value Domain:![]() | Household in greatest need code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods:![]() | Greatest need reason is collected once for each household. The most relevant greatest need reason should be recorded; usually this will be the major or primary reason. In counting the total number of greatest need households, each household should only be counted once. |
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Comments:![]() | The definition of 'homeless' used here for the priority access national standard is different to the homeless definition. It should be noted that as housing assistance allocation practices vary across:
Caution should be used when interpreting information and/or making comparisons in relation to this metadata item. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | National Housing Data Development Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Household—greatest need reason, code N Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—greatest need date, DDMMYYYY Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Conditional obligation: Greatest need reason is only recorded if the household has been identified as a greatest need household. DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and waitlist files. Waitlist (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Conditional obligation: Greatest need reason is only recorded if the household has been identified as a greatest need household. |