Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	480125
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	This file captures information about tenants who live in housing provided for low to moderate income or special needs households. These dwellings are 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.

Statistical unit:

Collection methods:

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.

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2010 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2011 *Conditional obligation:* This cluster is conditional on the basis of a person/household having an active tenancy in mainstream community housing during the collection period.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2012 *Conditional obligation:* This cluster is conditional on the basis of a person/household having an active tenancy in mainstream community housing during the collection period.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013 *Conditional obligation:* This cluster is conditional on the basis of a person/household having an active tenancy in mainstream community housing during the collection period.

Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	Household—household identifier, X[X(14)]	Mandatory	1
-	Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N *DSS specific information:* This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* Unknown values are recorded as "U".	Mandatory	1
-	Person—household single/couple status, code N *DSS specific information:* Unknown values are recorded as "U" and should be mapped to "9" = Not stated/inadequately described.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—principal tenant indicator, yes/no code N *DSS specific information:* Unknown values are recorded as "U" and should be mapped to "9" = Not stated/inadequately described.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—sex, code N *DSS specific information:* The Community Housing collection does not record the value "3" = Intersex. Unknown values are recorded as "U" and should be mapped to "9 = Not stated/inadequately described".	Mandatory	1
-	Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X[X(14)]	Mandatory	1