Seq No. Metadata item Obligation Max occurs - Dwelling—dwelling identifier, X[X(14)] Mandatory 1 - Dwelling—housing program type, (public rental housing/SOMIH) code N Mandatory 1 - Dwelling—number of occupants, total people N[N] DSS specific information:
The number of occupants refers to the number of household members who are listed on the tenancy agreement, and living in the dwelling at June 30th. Persons who are not listed on the tenancy agreement should be excluded.
Mandatory 1 - Dwelling—weekly market rent value, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
The market rent value refers to the weekly amount at June 30th.Mandatory 1 - Household—application date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Household—assessable income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
The assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at June 30th.
Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of 'assessable income'.
Mandatory 1 - Household—Australian state/territory identifier, code N Mandatory 1 - Household—disability status, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Household—greatest need date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Household—greatest need indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Household—greatest need reason, code N Mandatory 1 - Household—gross income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
The gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at June 30th.Mandatory 1 - Household—household identifier, X[X(14)] Mandatory 1 - Household—Indigenous status, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
The Public Rental Housing and SOMIH collections do not collect Indigenous status according to the ABS standard. The following table describes the values used to record Indigenous status for these collections, and demonstrate that a one to one relationship cannot be made to the standard.
Standard METeOR Value Standard METeOR Label PRH/SOMIH Value PRH/SOMIH Label 1 Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander 1 Indigenous (not further defined) 2 Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal 1 Indigenous (not further defined) 3 Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 1 Indigenous (not further defined) 4 Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander 2 Neither Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander 9 Not stated/Inadequately described 9 Not stated/Inadequately described
Mandatory 1 - Household—new allocation status (financial year), code N Mandatory 1 - Household—rebated rent status, code N Mandatory 1 - Household—rent charged (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
The weekly rent charged refers to the amount at June 30th.Mandatory 1 - Household—transfer status (financial year), Yes/no code N Mandatory 1 - Household—weekly rebate amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
This data element refers to the weekly rebate on the amount of rent paid weekly by a household at June 30th. Generally, it is the positive difference between the market rent value of a dwelling and the rent charged.Mandatory 1 - Service event—tenancy end date, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
This metadata item is used in calculation of measures of periods of support and duration of assistance and for measuring various point in time data.
The date on which provision of housing assistance by an agency was completed, ceased or terminated.
This metadata item should always be recorded as an 8 digit valid date comprising day, month and year. Year should always be recorded in its full 4 digit format. For days and months with a numeric value of less than 10, zeros should be used to ensure that the date contains the required 8 digits. For example, if an episode is completed on July 1 2002 date should be recorded as 01072002.
Tenancy end date must be related to a particular housing assistance episode. For each separate housing assistance episode a separate date should be recorded.
For the public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing data collections the tenancy end date should be taken from the date specified on the tenancy agreement. Tenants may actually move out prior to this date.
Mandatory 1 - Service event—tenancy start date, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
This metadata item is used in calculation of measures of periods of support and duration of assistance and for measuring various point in time data.
The date on which the provision of housing assistance to a household by an agency commenced, as distinct from the date the household applies and is entered on the waiting list or assessed for eligibility. The date recorded should be the date on which the client has begun to receive some form of assistance.
This metadata item should always be recorded as an 8-digit valid date comprising day, month and year. Year should always be recorded in its full 4-digit format. For days and months with a numeric value of less than 10, zeros should be used to ensure that the date contains the required 8 digits. For example, if an episode starts on July 1 2000 the date should be recorded as 01072000.
For each separate tenancy, a separate start date should be recorded. Same address transfers, mutual exchanges and succession of tenancy of dwellings are not considered separate housing assistance events.
For the public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing data collections the tenancy start date should be taken from the date specified on the tenancy agreement. Tenants may actually move in at a later date than this date.
Mandatory 1 - Waitlist applicant—waitlist applicant identifier, X[X(14)] Mandatory 1 
