Report on Government Services 2016

Volume G

Housing and homelessness

The Housing and homelessness volume G includes performance reporting for Housing and Homelessness.

It also includes a sector overview for Housing and homelessness. This volume was released on 27 January 2016.

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The sector overview provides an introduction to the Housing (chapter 17) and Homelessness services (chapter 18) chapters of this Report. It provides an overview of the housing and homelessness sector, presenting both contextual information and high level performance information.

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Sector G Housing and homelessness

Indicator Framework
Indigenous Data

This sector overview is based on a sector performance indicator framework and is made up of the following elements:

Sector objectives — three sector objectives are a précis of the key objectives of housing and homelessness services and reflect the outcomes in the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA).
Sector-wide indicators — three sector-wide indicators relate to the overarching service sector objectives.
Information from the service-specific performance indicator frameworks that relate to housing and homelessness services. Discussed in more detail in chapters 17 and 18, the service-specific frameworks provide comprehensive information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of these services.

Sector objectives

- People are able to rent housing that meets their needs
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have improved amenity and reduced overcrowding
- People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness achieve sustainable housing and social inclusion

Sector-wide indicators

- Low income households in rental stress
- Appropriateness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing
- Australians who are homeless

Service-specific performance indicator frameworks

- Housing
- Homelessness services

Performance indicator data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this chapter are available in the attachment tables listed below. Contextual data and further supporting information can be found in the chapter.

Indigenous housing and homelessness data
Table number	Table title
Table GA.6	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households living in overcrowded conditions, by housing program
Table GA.7	Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households living in dwellings of an acceptable standard, 2014
Table GA.8	Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households living in dwellings of an acceptable standard, Indigenous community housing, 2012-13 (per cent)