Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269748 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Retired 10/02/2006 |
Definition: | Homeless, for the purpose of the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (CSHA) priority access national standard, is defined as a household with no housing or a household residing in temporary or emergency accommodation at the time of housing allocation. It includes households who:
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Context: | The CSHA priority access national standard identifies applicants who at the time of allocation were homeless or who did not have access to safe, secure and affordable housing. The definition of 'homeless' used in this standard is narrow and focuses on persons who experienced primary and secondary homelessness (excluding people residing in boarding houses) according to the definitions developed by Chamberlain. The CSHA priority access national standard draws a distinction between the 'homeless' category and the categories which address the safety, security and affordability of housing. It would therefore have been inappropriate to use the SAAP Homeless definition, as it is a broader concept and is inclusive of persons who did not have access to safe, secure and adequate housing. |