Household—greatest need date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Greatest need date
METEOR identifier:	605815
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	The date on which it is determined that a household is in greatest need of access to services, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Data Element Concept:	Household—greatest need date
Value Domain:	Date DDMMYYYY

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Date
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:	8

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Collection methods:	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, the date July 1 2002 should be recorded as 01072002.
Comments:	The date when greatest need applied to a household may be the same as the date they were eligible for assistance, or the day the paperwork was submitted (i.e. the date the household was placed on the waitlist).
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Household—greatest need date, DDMMYYYY Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—assistance eligibility date, DDMMYYYY Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 See also Household—greatest need reason, code N Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Conditional obligation: Greatest need date is only recorded if the household has been identified as a greatest need household. DSS specific information: This metadata item is collected twice, once in each of the household and waitlist files. Record in DD/MM/YYYY format. Waitlist (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Greatest need date is only recorded if the household has been identified as a greatest need household.