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released: 30 Oct 2003 media release

This publication is one of the Series 7 reports on the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection for 2001-02. The series provides information on people who were homeless and people who were at risk of being homeless who accessed SAAP in 2001-02. This report looks at the demand for SAAP services and the ability of agencies to meet this demand.

ISBN 978 1 74024 322 3; Cat. no. HOU 90; 116pp.; OUT OF PRINT

  • Publication

Full publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (184K PDF)
    • Half title page and verso
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Lists of tables and figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Glossary
    • Summary (separate 100K PDF)
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (149K PDF)
    2. Total demand for SAAP assistance (147K PDF)
      1. The SAAP National Data Collection
      2. Total assistance provided
      3. Unmet demand for accommodation
      4. Tables
    3. Support provided to clients and accompanying children (180K PDF)
      1. Provision of services
      2. Referral of services
      3. Expressed requests for services
      4. Demand for accommodation by clients
      5. Support provided to accompanying children
      6. Summary
      7. Tables
    4. Casual clients (129K PDF)
      1. The Casual Client Collection
      2. The Unmet Demand Collection
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    5. Demand for accommodation: unmet requests (146K PDF)
      1. Valid and invalid unmet requests
      2. The immediacy of need for accommodation
      3. Requests for support only
      4. Summary
      5. Tables
    6. Demand for accommodation: potential clients (167K PDF)
      1. The number of people making unmet requests for accommodation
      2. The immediacy of need for accommodation
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    7. Meeting the demand for accommodation (172K PDF)
      1. The turn-away rate for daily requests
      2. The turn-away rate for total demand for accommodation
      3. Daily demand for SAAP accommodation
      4. Summary
      5. Tables
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Additional state and territory tables (117K PDF)
      2. Collection participation and estimation methods (152K PDF)
        1. The Client Collection
        2. The Unmet Demand Collection
        3. The Met Demand Collection
        4. The Casual Client Collection
        5. Interpretation of the tables
      3. Collection forms (525K PDF)
    • References (41K PDF)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Demand for SAAP assistance by homeless people 2001-02: a report from the SAAP National Data Collection. SAAP National Data Collection Agency (NDCA) Report Series. Cat. no. HOU 90. Canberra: AIHW.