Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	605348
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	The Person file cluster (Mainstream comunity housing) defines 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.

Collection and usage attributes
Statistical unit:	Person
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.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Person file cluster (Mainstream community housing) Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Mainstream community housing DSS 2013-18 Housing assistance, Superseded 10/05/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: This cluster is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. Mainstream community housing DSS 2014- Housing assistance, Recorded 12/05/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 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.

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	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:* This collection uses the alternate code set “Y” = “Yes”, “N” = “No” and “U” = “Unknown”. These codes should be mapped as follows: Y = 1 (“Yes”) N = 2 (“No”) U = 9 (“Not stated/Inadequately described”).	Mandatory	1
-	Person—sex, code N *DSS specific information:* This collection uses the alternate code set “M” = “Male”, “F” = “Female” and “U” = “Unknown”. These codes should be mapped as follows: M = 1 (“Male”) F = 2 (“Female”) U = 9 (“Not stated/Inadequately described”). Code 3 (“Intersex”) is not used in this collection.	Mandatory	1
-	Service provider organisation—household identifier, X[X(14)]	Mandatory	1
-	Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X[X(14)]	Mandatory	1