Seq No. Metadata item Obligation Max occurs - Community housing waiting list cluster Conditional obligation:
This cluster is conditional on whether the organisation is on a jurisdictional common waitlist. If an organisation is on a common waitlist the jurisdiction will supply wait list information on their behalf. If an organisation is not on a common waitlist then they are required to supply their wait list information.
The Not stated/inadequately described values in this data element cluster, should be ignored for this collection.
Conditional 1 - Service provider organisation support type cluster Mandatory 1 - Dwelling—dwelling identifier, X[X(14)] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation (address)—address line, text X[X(179)] DSS specific information:
In 2009-10 Mainstream Community Housing collected all organisation address details with a maximum 40 character alphanumeric text field.
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation (address)—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation (address)—suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation (name)—organisation name, text X[X(49)] DSS specific information:
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—common waitlist indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—community housing provider type, code N DSS specific information:
In the Community Housing 2009-10 collection this item was collected with alternate values but can be mapped to the code set for this data element as follows:
METeOR Value METeOR Label CHC Value 1 Community association A 2 Community cooperative C 3 Other O 9 Unknown U
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—net recurrent housing expenses, total Australian currency N[N(8)].NN DSS specific information:
This item records the net recurrent cost to the service provider organisation.
Includes:
Employee expenses (e.g. wages and salaries, payroll tax, superannuation, compensation, accrued leave, and training); Supplies and service expenses (e.g. stationery, postage, telephone, vehicle, office equipment, information technology, auditing and accounting); Office rent; General accounting and personnel function costs (e.g. training costs or levies paid to community housing training authority or peak body); Grants and subsidies (excluding rental subsidies); Contracted community housing management services; Repairs and maintenance (e.g. day to day, cyclical or other); Rates (e.g. water or council/shire) where the provider is responsible for payment; Strata-title or body corporate charges; Costs of removal, sale or disposal of properties and inspections and building insurance where the provider is responsible for payment and public liability insurance; and Market rent paid (such as from head leasing) and interest expense (e.g. interest on loans).
Excludes:
Costs used for the purposes of capital (stock provision); The purchase of dwellings; and Construction costs.
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of boarding house buildings, total number N[NNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of boarding house rooms, total number N[NNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of boarding house units, total number N[NNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of head leased dwellings, total number N[NNN] DSS specific information:
Private head-leased dwellings are owned by private individuals or private corporations and leased to housing providers via head-leasing arrangements. The housing provider is usually responsible for tenant selection and tenancy management functions.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of tenancy rental units, total N[NNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X[X(14)] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—survey response indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
For jurisdictions providing all unit record data using the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare survey:
If the organisation hasn’t returned a survey (survey response = N), then we would only expect admin organisation and dwelling data (supplied by jurisdictions). If the organisation has returned the survey (survey response = Y), we would expect the survey variables in addition to the admin variables in the organisation and dwelling files. Additionally we would also expect a tenancy file and person file from the organisation. Note that NT does not survey the sector and so all survey responses are set to N.
For jurisdictions providing finalised figures (NSW and Qld):
Jurisdictions who provide finalised figures (NSW and Qld) only ever provide unit record organisation and dwelling admin data (the information provided by non responding organisation as above). NSW uses their own survey to collect the data from organisations. Their survey response indicates those organisations who have completed their survey. Qld also uses its own survey however they do not indicate which organisations have completed their survey all not (all survey responses are N). Qld provide coverage information separately.
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—total household rent charged, Australian currency N[N(8)].NN DSS specific information:
In the Community housing 2009-10, the total amount of rent charged to all tenants is the amount of money the households have been asked to pay in the year ending 30 June 2009. It may differ from market rent and may not have been received. The amount of rent charged excludes charges for utilities.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—total household rent collected, Australian currency N[N(8)].NN DSS specific information:
In the Community housing 2009-10 collection, the total amount of rent paid by all tenants includes rent arrears collected in the year ending 30 June 2009. This also includes prepaid rent collected in the year ending 30 June 2009 for the current and subsequent years. As such, the total rent collected over a 12 month period may be more than the total rent charged in the same period.Mandatory 1 
