Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269784 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The nature of a person or social group's legal right to occupy a dwelling. |
Context: | Tenure type is important for planning housing assistance and is used in national data collections as a key housing variable. Linking human service outcomes with people's housing situations has been identified as an important step in providing better targeted services. The tenure type of peoples living situations plays an important role in their health and welfare outcomes. |