Mainstream community housing 2009-10

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

Community housing is rental housing provided for low to moderate income or special needs households, managed by community-based organisations that have received capital or recurrent subsidy from government. Community housing models vary across jurisdictions, and the housing stock may be owned by a variety of groups including government.

Dwellings are excluded where the tenancy is managed under:

• Public Rental Housing
• the Aboriginal Rental Housing Program state/territory owned and managed Indigenous housing
• the Crisis Accommodation Program.

Collection and usage attributes

Data is collected via a survey of community housing providers and forwarded to state or territory housing authorities.

State and territory housing authorities provide the data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for national collation on an annual basis.

Relational attributes