Household—homeless prior to allocation indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Homeless prior to allocation indicator
METEOR identifier:	608014
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	An indicator of whether a household was homeless prior to the allocation of services, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Household—homeless prior to allocation indicator
Value Domain:	Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No
Supplementary values:	97	Not applicable
	98	Unknown/unable to be determined
	99	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

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CODE 97 Not applicable

CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined

CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

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

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	CODE 1 Yes Household was homeless prior to being allocated services. CODE 2 No Household was not homeless prior to being allocated services.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2014. Community housing national data collection, Jurisdiction process manual 2013-14. Canberra: AIHW.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Household—homeless prior to allocation indicator, yes/no code N Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Community Housing DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 DSS specific information: A homeless household for the purposes of this collection is a household with no housing or a household residing in temporary or emergency accommodation. It includes households who: lived in accommodation provided by a specialist homelessness services agency or some other form of emergency accommodation; were totally without permanent shelter; lived in shelter that was unlawful such as those who were forced to squat in derelict buildings; or stayed temporarily with friends or relatives in the short term. This collection uses an alternative code set. These codes should be mapped as follows: Y (yes) = 1 (yes) N (no) = 2 (no) U (unknown) = 9 (Not stated/inadequately described). Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing) Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + 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”).