Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
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The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is aimed at reducing homelessness in Australia. SAAP started in 1985 when Commonwealth and State/Territory funding programs were brought together. The object of the new arrangement was to grant financial assistance to the States to administer the SAAP program.[1] These programs were aimed to provide transitional supported accommodation and related support services, in order to help people who were homeless to achieve the maximum possible degree of self-reliance and independence.[1] Each of the states and territories runs a SAAP program,[2] providing accommodation to 100,000 homeless Australians.
The SAAP programs are aimed at three levels of homeless people:
- Primary Homeless
- People without conventional accommodation, living on the streets
- Secondary Homeless
- People staying in boarding houses and people already in SAAP accommodation and other similar emergency accommodation services
- Tertiary Homeless
- People with no secure accommodation staying temporarily with friends or relatives in private dwellings [3]
See also
- Housing Commission of Victoria
- Housing NSW
- Public housing in the Australian Capital Territory
- Homelessness in Australia
- HomeGround Services
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994
- ↑ Western Australia SAAP information
- ↑ ABS definition of homelessness
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