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.
[Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994]
/ref> 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.[ Each of the states and territories runs a SAAP program,]
/ref> 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 [ABS definition of homelessness]
/ref>
In 2011, the Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) program replaced the SAAP program.
See also
* Housing Commission of Victoria
The Housing Commission of Victoria (often shortened to Housing Commission, especially colloquially) was a Victorian State Government body responsible for public housing in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1938, and was abolished in 198 ...
* Housing NSW
Housing NSW, formerly the Housing Commission of New South Wales and before that the New South Wales Housing Board, was an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice that was responsible for the provision and management of public housing s ...
* Public housing in the Australian Capital Territory
Government-owned housing in Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory has a history stemming from the decision to build the National Capital in the bush. In the early years Canberra's housing was entirely government-built and even after pr ...
* Homelessness in Australia
Homelessness in Australia is a social issue concerning the number of people in Australia that are considered to be homeless. There are no internationally agreed upon definitions of homelessness, making it difficult to compare levels of homelessnes ...
References
{{Social work
Welfare in Australia
Housing in Australia
Homeless shelters in Australia
Homelessness in Australia