Annual Report 2002–03 Volume I
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Administered itemsCommonwealth State Housing AgreementEffectiveness—AdequacyTable 24: Client satisfaction with amenity and location of their dwelling
Source: National Social Housing Survey Public Housing, NFO Donovan Research, 2001. Table 25: Percentage of households where dwelling size is not appropriate due to overcrowding
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Effectiveness—AffordabilityTable 26: Average rent charged as a proportion of the market rent for each dwelling (adjusted for Rent Assistance)
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, AIHW. Notes: States and territories used different methods for calculating market rent and the natures of the private rental markets differ. Rent charged to tenants was compared to the market rent the dwellings would attract if rented privately, after reducing market rent by the amount of Rent Assistance households would receive if renting privately.
Effectiveness—TargetingTable 27: New low-income households as a percentage of all new households
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, AIHW. This indicator shows the percentage of new households allocated public housing where household income was below the effective cut-out for receiving income support payments (at the pensioner rate). Table 28: Percentage of new tenancies allocated to households with special needs
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, AIHW. Note: Special need households have one or more of the following characteristics: Indigenous; have a member with a disability; the principal tenant is either aged 24 years or under, or 75 years or more. Quality—Access and choiceTable 29: New allocations to those in greatest need as a percentage of all new allocations
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, AIHW. Note: Greatest need means that a household was, at the time of allocation, in one or more of the following circumstances: they were homeless; their life or safety was at risk in their accommodation; their health condition was aggravated by their housing; their housing was inappropriate to their needs; or they had extremely high rental costs. Queensland data understate greatest need as data are not always recorded in information management systems. Quality—AssuranceTable 30: The average time taken (in days) for occupancy of vacant stock
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, AIHW. Note: The data are affected by differing treatment of stock vacant due to redevelopment. Quality—Client satisfactionTable 31: Client satisfaction with service (%)
Source: National Social Housing Survey Public Housing, NFO Donovan Research, 2001. QuantityTable 32: Number of dwellings
Source: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports 2001-02, Public Rental Housing, AIHW. CommentaryFaCS is finalising an evaluation of the operation of the 1999 CSHA in conjunction with state and territory housing authorities. Commonwealth State Housing Agreement—Aboriginal Rental Housing Program (ARHP)Effectiveness—CapacityEfficient and sustainable Indigenous community housing organisationsIn line with the directions of the Housing Ministers’ statement on Indigenous housing Building a better future: Indigenous housing to 2010, Indigenous community housing organisations are continuing to build their skills base to become efficient and sustainable. Evidence of improved efficiency of the sector can be shown by the reduction in the number of Indigenous community housing organisations from 770 to approximately 660. Indigenous community housing organisations have effective housing management plansThe majority of Indigenous community housing organisations have developed management plans. Effectiveness—Take-up/CoverageIncrease in Indigenous community housing rental incomeAn increase of approximately $800 000 during 2001-02. Effectiveness—TargetingCapital to recurrent funding ratio for Indigenous housing is about 70:30Some state and territory annual performance reports indicated significant plans to achieve a capital to recurrent funding ratio of 70:30, but detailed information will not be available until next year. Quality—AssuranceHealth hardware in Indigenous housing is fully functional and enables healthy living practicesThis information is not available at time of publication. Fixing Houses For Better Health projects are not yet completed in all jurisdictions and state and territory administrative data will not be reported until next year. All states and territories have Indigenous housing agreements signed by 30 June 2002Six states and territories had Indigenous housing agreements signed by 30 June 2002. Victoria and Tasmania still had outstanding agreements at this date. Indigenous community housing organisations have managers with accredited housing management trainingCurrent administrative data reports indicate approximately 650 Indigenous community housing organisation staff are undertaking housing management training. A majority of the training is occurring in New South Wales and Queensland. Reduction in the number of Indigenous households with two or three families and reduction in average housing occupancy ratesThere has been a decrease of approximately 1 per cent in the proportion of households where dwelling size is not appropriate due to overcrowding during 2001-02. New houses for Indigenous people are designed and built to minimise the impact of crowding on people’s healthAll newly constructed houses must now meet the requirements of the National framework for the design, construction and maintenance of Indigenous housing using the National Indigenous Housing Guide and/or state and territory Indigenous housing standards. The National Indigenous Housing Guide is being reviewed for re-publication and will be reported against in the 2004-05 FaCS annual report. Reduction in the number of Indigenous families in rural and remote areas living in improvised dwellingsInformation was not available at time of publication. Comparisons with previous years data cannot be made because of a change in the definition of ‘improvised dwellings’. This information will be available as part of the next Community Infrastructure Needs Survey. Total price$1 027.8 million CommentaryIn the 2001-02 Budget, new housing funds included an extra $29 million for ARHP from 2002–03 to 2004-05 ($9 million in 2002–03 and $10 million each in 2003-04 and 2004-05). The states receiving the extra funding are the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. At time of publication of this annual report, only figures for the financial period 2001-02 were available.
Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention PilotEffectiveness—Early InterventionPercentage of clients with positive outcomes as defined under the program—78 per cent Percentage where financial circumstances are assessed—100 per cent Percentage where reattachment with education, training or employment is achieved 32 per cent of adults at the end of the support period 96 per cent of school-aged children attending school at the end of the support period.
57 per cent Percentage where living situation has stabilized—90 per cent QuantityNumber of people assisted—approximately 900 Number of children and their parents/guardians assisted 225 families approximately 550 children approximately 350 parents/guardians. Price$1.4 million CommentaryDuring the first year of the pilot a high proportion of families report improved outcomes. Families’ expectations about their housing stability has improved. The number of families with an expected housing duration of less than three months decreased from 31 per cent to 11 per cent and those expecting a housing duration of more than 12 months increased from 37 per cent to 56 per cent. Data indicate a high level of Indigenous participation in the pilot (36 per cent of clients). Formal evaluation will be undertaken during 2003-04.
National Housing PrioritiesQuality—AssuranceInformation received from organisations useful in housing policy developmentThe Community Housing Federation of Australia provides information and advice on behalf of community housing service providers. The National Community Housing Forum provides information and advice on behalf of all community housing stakeholders. Maintenance and growth of membership baseBoth organisations have effectively maintained their membership base. Organisations’ representative structures provide effective mechanism for members views to be reflected in reports to FaCS The representative structures of both organisations provide effective mechanisms for members’ views to be provided to FaCS. Price$0.4 million National Housing ResearchQuality—AssuranceFunded organisation meets the requirements of the funding agreement and associated documentsThe Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) is the major vehicle for housing research and has met the requirements of the current funding agreement. Price$0.4 million CommentarySixteen AHURI research projects were approved in 2002–03. The projects will be completed over the next two years and reflect AHURI’s ten key themes: housing assistance programs; housing futures; program integration and housing assistance; innovation in the provision of housing; urban management and infrastructure; transforming communities; Indigenous housing; homelessness and marginal housing; the housing system; and the policy horizon. The individual projects will be augmented by Collaborative Research Ventures (CRV), which will be up to three years in duration and cover broad research areas. The first CRV is ‘Housing assistance and non- shelter outcomes’. Rent AssistanceEffectiveness—AffordabilityImpact of Rent Assistance on housing affordability-percentage of persons/couples paying more than 50 per cent of their combined income on rent after Rent Assistance taken into account As at December 2002, if Rent Assistance were not payable, 27 per cent of recipients would have had to pay more than 50 per cent of their income in rent. When Rent Assistance is taken into account this drops to 9 per cent. Table 33: Ratio of housing costs to income, before and after Rent Assistance
Impact of Rent Assistance on housing affordability-percentage of persons/couples paying more than 30 per cent of their combined income on rent after Rent Assistance taken into account As at December 2002, if Rent Assistance were not payable, 69 per cent of recipients would have had to pay more than 30 per cent of their income in rent. When Rent Assistance is taken into account this drops to 34 per cent. Table 34: Ratio of housing costs to income, before and after Rent Assistance
Effectiveness—TargetingPercentage of individuals/couples paying enough rent to receive maximum assistance Table 35: Proportion of persons/couples paying enough rent to receive maximum assistance
QuantityNumber of persons or couples receiving Rent Assistance For the fortnight ending 27 June 2003, 940 076 income units received Rent Assistance. Table 36: Number of persons or couples receiving Rent Assistance (as at 13 June 2003)
a. Counted only if neither they nor their partner receive any other social security payments. Of the 940 708 Rent Assistance recipients at 13 June 2003, 54 per cent are single without children; 23 per cent are single with children; 14 per cent are couples with children; and 8 per cent are couples without children. Price$1.848 billion CommentaryThe average rent paid by Rent Assistance customers income units with an ongoing entitlement to Rent Assistance in June 2003 was $264 a fortnight while the average amount of Rent Assistance was $75 a fortnight. Figure 11: Rent Assistance expenditure ($2003) and client numbers Increased expenditure over the last decade is primarily due to real increases in maximum rates of assistance during the early 1990s and from 1 July 2000. Social Housing Subsidy ProgramQuantityNumber of dwellings funded—323 Price$2.0 million CommentaryThis program demonstrated private sector financing models for housing options for rental tenants. Only two projects operated under the program: the expansion of community housing opportunities in New South Wales; and a private rental leasing scheme in the ACT. The ACT Government is reviewing its private rental leasing scheme. Supported Accommodation Assistance ProgramCostCost per client assigned a SAAP Service—$2800 Cost per completed support period—$1690 Cost per day of support—$39 Effectiveness—Early interventionPercentage of SAAP clients’ identified needs which are met by the program—92.7 per cent Effectiveness—IndependencePercentage of clients achieving independent living after support—73.5 per cent Percentage of clients entering support with no income who exit with income—2.6 per cent Quality—Access and choicePercentage of people seeking services who receive a Service—89 per centPercentage of people with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds seeking services who receive a serviceThe proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people among SAAP clients is used as a proxy for this indicator. The proportion is 16.7 per cent. Percentage of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds seeking services who receive a service The proportion of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds among SAAP clients is used as a proxy for this indicator. The proportion is 10.4 per cent. Quality—AssuranceCommissioned research is of a high standard (timely, fulfils terms of reference, complete, methodologically sound) and contributes to policy understanding and development Research and evaluation during 2002–03 was of a high standard. It met timelines and terms of reference and was methodologically sound. Service improved through increased percentage of SAAP clients with a case plan There was an agreed support plan for 61.9 per cent of support periods in 2001-02. QuantityNumber of clients assisted annually—95 600 Number of occasions of support—177 000 Price$167.4 million CommentaryPerformance information for SAAP refers to 2001-02. Data for 2002–03 will be available towards the end of 2003. The indicators above use a mix of client data and support period data because some SAAP clients make multiple use of SAAP services. All SAAP data are based on support periods, but it is possible to estimate the number of clients and derive demographic details. Unit costs are based on recurrent funding allocations, excluding casual and potential clients, and accompanying children. During 2002–03, FaCS undertook research into various homelessness issues to provide information for policy-makers and service providers and to inform the national evaluation of SAAPIV. Research was also commissioned in the following areas: outcome measurement in SAAP-funded services, and identification and measurement of clients with high and complex needs. Research on the measurement of client satisfaction in SAAP was completed. The SAAP data were also used to produce two monographs: Older SAAP clients and Young people in SAAP. Nationally, work has progressed on the implementation of the Information Management Plan, including the development of a national web site for SAAP IV.
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program—National PrioritiesEffectiveness—Early InterventionProjects funded produce positive outcomes for clients and organisations involved, including prevention of homelessness or its recurrence A number of strategies to support individuals and families to overcome barriers to stable housing have been successfully tested. They include strategies to reduce the risk of homeless people being breached by Centrelink, support disadvantaged families living in caravan parks gain access to a range of community services, and provide intensive support to assist chronically homeless men move towards employment or training readiness. Price$0.5 million CommentaryReports from a number of different demonstration projects have recently started to become available. The findings from these reports will provide an evidence base to inform policy and program development in a range of relevant areas. Directory: sites -> default -> files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status Download 1.71 Mb. Share with your friends:
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