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released: 29 Oct 2004 media release

This publication is one of the Series 8 reports on the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection for 2002-03. The series provides information on people who were homeless and people who were at risk of being homeless who accessed SAAP in 2002-03. This report looks at the demand for SAAP services and the ability of agencies to meet this demand.

ISBN 978 1 74024 411 4; Cat. no. HOU 110; 126pp.; OUT OF PRINT

  • Publication

Full publication (801K PDF)

  • Preliminary material (227K PDF)
    • Half title page and verso
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Glossary
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (270K PDF)
    2. Total demand for SAAP assistance
      1. The SAAP National Data Collection
      2. Total assistance provided
      3. Demand for accommodation
      4. Tables
    3. Support provided and unmet needs
      1. Service provision and referral
      2. Unmet needs by state and territory
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    4. Casual clients
      1. The Casual Client Collection
      2. The Demand for Accommodation Collection
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    5. Demand for accommodation: unmet requests (276K PDF)
      1. Valid and invalid unmet requests
      2. The immediacy of need for accommodation
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    6. Demand for accommodation: potential clients
      1. The number of people making unmet requests for accommodation
      2. The immediacy of need for accommodation
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    7. Turn-away rates for daily requests for accommodation
      1. Adults and unaccompanied children
      2. Accompanying children
      3. Summary
      4. Tables
    8. Turn-away rates for total demand for accommodation (211K PDF)
      1. Adults and unaccompanied children
      2. Accompanying children
      3. Daily demand for SAAP accommodation
      4. Summary
      5. Tables
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1 Demand for accommodation summary diagram (475K PDF)
    • Appendix 2 The data
      • A2.1 The Client Collection
      • A2.2 The Demand for Accommodation Collection
      • A2.3 The Casual Client Collection
      • A2.4 Interpretation of the tables
      • A2.5 Counting rules and other definitions used in the analysis
    • Appendix 3 Collection forms
    • References (144K PDF)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2004. Demand for SAAP assistance by homeless people 2002-03: a report from the SAAP National Data Collection. Cat. no. HOU 110. Canberra: AIHW.