Person—previously homeless status, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Previously homeless indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 690653 |
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| Definition: | A person's homelessness status prior to the latest presentation for service episode, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—Previously homeless status |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||
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| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Sleeping rough or in non-conventional accommodation. Living on the streets, sleeping in parks, squatting, living in cars or railway carriages, living in improvised dwellings, living in long grass. CODE 2 Short-term or emergency accommodation, due to a lack of other options. Living in situations such as refuges; crisis shelters; couch surfing; living temporarily with friends and relatives; insecure accommodation on a short term basis; emergency accommodation arranged in hotels, motels etc by a specialist homelessness agency. CODE 3 Not homeless. Not living in situations described above.
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—previously homeless status, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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