Person (housing assistance) cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	635954
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	The Person cluster describes details of all persons who received assistance during the year (ongoing and non-ongoing). Include: 1 record for each person in each Service provider organisation—household identifier, X[X(14)] (i.e. where persons are attached to two households then there should be two records for that individual). Persons in dwellings headleased from private market or other programs and managed by the jurisdiction. Exclude: Persons in households residing in dwellings owned but not administered by the jurisdiction (e.g. leased to other program areas and not administered by state housing authority).

Collection and usage attributes
Statistical unit:	Person
Guide for use:	All jurisdictions are asked to supply the single/couple codes in the reference period data extractions. Previously, a household’s bedroom requirement has been calculated using the Proxy Occupancy Standard (POS), however under National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) reporting requirements, the match of a dwelling to household size is based on Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS). New low income cut–off measures for low income households based on new definition under NAHA.
Collection methods:	Data qualifications: If records for persons in ended household cannot be supplied, special needs status for the ended household should be set in the household file to ensure all households are captured in the P5 special needs indicator.
Comments:	Refer to the collection period of the data set to determine the reference year for this cluster.
Source and reference attributes
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2006. National Housing Assistance Data Dictionary Version 3 (Housing Assistance Data Development Series). AIHW cat. no. HOU 147. Canberra: AIHW.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Has been superseded by Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Public rental housing DSS 2014-17 Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting for a public rental housing dwelling during the collection period. State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2014-17 Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the basis of a household tenanting a SOMIH dwelling during the collection period.