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Shelter and housing

Identifying and definitional attributes
Item type:	Framework Dimension
METEOR identifier:	392699
Description:	Access to adequate shelter and housing is recognised as a basic human need. As well as providing protection from environmental elements and access to facilities such as heating and sanitation, housing gives people a place to enjoy privacy and recreational activities, keep their possessions, spend time with friends and family, and express their identity (ABS 2001a). Housing equity is also a major component of personal wealth. Shelter and housing are used to describe the housing circumstances of Australians and can be further devidied into three sub dimensions. Housing tenure relates to the issues of security and stability; home ownership also gives autonomy and a form of social insurance to owners. Housing affordability affects the broader economic and social wellbeing of individuals and communities. Homelessness indicates housing deprivation, but as it is influenced by a wide range of social issues (such as mental health and family breakdown) it also provides a gauge of more general social dysfunction.

Indicators in this framework

• National Affordability Housing Agreement: g-Proportion of Indigenous households living in overcrowded conditions, 2010
          Homelessness, Standard 16/02/2011
          Indigenous, Standard 11/09/2012
• National Affordability Housing Agreement: 3: Proportion of Australians who are homeless, 2010
          Homelessness, Standard 16/02/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 1 (supplementary b)-Number of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness who are assisted to secure and sustain their tenancies, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 5a-Number of people receiving home purchase assistance, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 5c-Number of people receiving home purchase assistance, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 1(a)-Proportion of low income households in mortgage stress, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 4-Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 6-Proportion of Indigenous households owning or purchasing a home, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 5-Proportion of Australian households owning or purchasing a home, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 3-Proportion of Australians who are homeless, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 8-Proportion of Indigenous households living in houses of an acceptable standard, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 5b-Number of people receiving home purchase assistance, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 7-Proportion of Indigenous households living in overcrowded conditions, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 1 (supplementary a)-Number of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness who are assisted to secure and sustain their tenancies: Housing proxy, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 3-Number of households assisted in social housing, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 1 (main)-Proportion of low income households in rental stress, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordability Housing Agreement: 4: Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2010
          Homelessness, Standard 16/02/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 2-Proportion of homes sold or built that are affordable by low and moderate income households, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 2-Number of people who are assisted to move from crisis accommodation or primary homelessness to sustainable accommodation, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011
• National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 1 (main)-Number of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness who are assisted to secure and sustain their tenancies, 2011
          Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011
          Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011