Metadata for the Breaking disadvantage with social housing assistance
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Dashboard 3: Obtaining housing - applicants
- Social housing applicants on the NSW Housing Register as at 30 June
- Households assisted with temporary accommodation during the year
Measure – Social housing applicants on the NSW Housing Register as at 30 June
- Description
This refers to the total number of applicants on the NSW Housing Register who are waiting to be housed in public housing, community housing or Aboriginal Housing Office properties as at 30 June.
Social housing applicants are defined as households who are eligible and approved to be listed on the NSW Housing Register and who will be offered accommodation in public, community or Aboriginal housing when a suitable property is available.
- Publisher
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Numerator
- Not applicable
- Denominator
- Not applicable
- Data Filters
- Financial year end
- District
- Gender (based on the gender of the household head that is – the person responsible for the application or tenancy)
- Aboriginality (if any member of the household is Aboriginal then the household is counted as an Aboriginal household)
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Background (based on the country of birth of the household head)
- Application type
- Age group (based on the age of the household head)
- Family type
- Data Limitation
- Not applicable
- Data Source
HOMES - Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
Measure – Households assisted with temporary accommodation during the year
- Description
This refers to the total number of households assisted with temporary accommodation in the reporting period.
Temporary accommodation is short-term assistance for homeless clients who can demonstrate they have nowhere safe to stay that night. Clients are provided with temporary accommodation in low cost hotels, motels, caravan parks and similar accommodation for a short period of time.
Click here for more information about Temporary Accommodation.
- Publisher
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Numerator
- Not applicable
- Denominator
- Not applicable
- Data Filter
- Financial year
- Data Limitation
- Not applicable
- Data Source
- HOMES - Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)