Communities and Justice

Supporting pathways to independence

Measure – Households assisted with housing products other than social housing

Description

This refers to the total number of households assisted with the following financial and non-financial housing products to secure or maintain their tenancy in the private market during the quarter.

  • Financial assistance – This includes Bond loan, Advance rent, Rent arrears, Private rental subsidy and Rent Choices (such as Rent Choice – Start safely, Rent Choice – Youth subsidy, Rent Choice – Veterans and Rent Choice Assist).
  • Due to the introduction of Rent Choices in 2017-18, several financial housing products have been reported under different names. For instance, Rent Choice – Start Safely was reported as Start Safely prior to 2017-18, Rent Choice – Youth Subsidy was reported as Youth Subsidy and Private rental subsidy was reported as Private rental subsidy (excludes Start Safely clients assisted).

  • Non-financial assistance – This includes Private Rental Brokerage Service, Tenancy Guarantee/Bond Extra and Tenancy Facilitation. Note: Tenancy Guarantee is no longer offered to new clients after the introduction of the new Bond Extra product on 19 June 2020.

A household may access more than one type of housing assistance during the quarter.

Publisher

Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

  • Housing products
  • District (Due to system limitations the breakdown for 16 districts is not currently available.)

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

HOMES - Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

Measure – Households who left social housing to private rental market/ownership

Description

This refers to the total number of households exiting social housing during the quarter as a result of securing a rental property in the private market or buying their own property.

Publisher

Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

Nil

Data Limitations

No comparable data is available before the September 2016 quarter due to the policy change in recording termination reason of a tenancy in HOMES which commenced in March 2016.

Data Sources

HOMES - Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

Community Housing Information Management System (CHIMES)

Last updated:

03 Jul 2024