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released: 10 Oct 2008 media release

Although SAAP agencies accommodate large numbers of people every day, they cannot always meet all the requests for SAAP accommodation. This report provides information about the level of unmet demand for SAAP accommodation, including how the estimates are calculated.

ISBN 978 1 74024 834 1; Cat. no. HOU 186; 119pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (85KB PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Summary
  • Sections (302KB PDF)
    1. Introduction
      1. The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
      2. The SAAP National Data Collection
      3. Relationships between the SAAP collections
      4. Chapter contents
    2. An overview of homelessness and SAAP
      1. Estimating the number of homeless people
    3. Meeting the accommodation needs of clients and accompanying children
      1. Clients
      2. Accompanying children
      3. Tables
    4. 4 Unmet requests for SAAP accommodation
      1. 4.1 Invalid unmet requests
      2. 4.2 Valid unmet requests
      3. 4.3 One-off assistance offered
      4. 4.4 Referrals for accommodation
      5. 4.5 Tables
    5. People making a valid unmet requestfor SAAP accommodation
      1. Adults and unaccompanied children
      2. Accompanying children
      3. Total people
      4. Tables
    6. Estimating the number of people turned away without receiving SAAP accommodation
      1. Data issues
    7. Adults and unaccompanied children turned away without receiving SAAP accommodation
      1. Turn-away as a per cent of people requiring new SAAP accommodation
      2. Turn-away as a per cent of total expressed demand for SAAP accommodation
      3. Tables
    8. Accompanying children turned away without receiving SAAP accommodation
      1. Turn-away as a per cent of people requiring new SAAP accommodation
      2. Turn-away as a per cent of total expressed demand for SAAP accommodation
      3. Tables
    9. Total people turned away without receiving SAAP accommodation
      1. Turn-away as a per cent of people requiring new SAAP accommodation
      2. Turn-away as a per cent of total expressed demand for SAAP accommodation
      3. Tables
    10. Meeting the demand for SAAP accommodation
      1. Is there sufficient accommodation available?
      2. Estimating capacity
      3. Supply and demand
      4. Hidden need for accommodation
      5. Conclusion
      6. Tables
  • End matter (423KB PDF)
    • Appendix 1 Demand for SAAP accommodation summary diagram
    • Appendix 2 The data
      1. The Client Collection
      2. The Demand for Accommodation Collection
      3. Interpretation of tables
      4. Counting rules and glossary
    • Appendix 3 Collection forms
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2008. Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2006-07. SAAP National Data Collection Agency (NDCA) report series no. 12 . Cat. no. HOU 186. Canberra: AIHW.