Supported Accommodation Assistance Program

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]

In 2011, the Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) program replaced the SAAP program.^[4]

See also

• Housing Commission of Victoria
• Housing NSW
• Public housing in the Australian Capital Territory
• Homelessness in Australia

References

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Homelessness in Australia

Service providers

• Anglicare
• Barnardo's
• Caretakers Cottage
• Coast Shelter
• Detour House
• FareShare (Australia)
• HomeGround Services
• Jewish House
• Launch Housing
• Mission Australia
• Najidah
• Orange Sky Laundry
• Salvos
• Samaritans Foundation
• Southern Youth and Family Services
• Taldumande Youth Services
• Toora Women
• UnitingCare Australia
• Vinnies
• Wayside Chapel
• Wesley Mission
• Wintringham Specialist Aged Care
• Youth Off The Streets
• Youthcare Hervey Bay

Peak body organisations

Homelessness	Council to Homeless Persons Homelessness Australia Homelessness NSW Homelessness SA NT Shelter Queensland Shelter Shelter Tasmania Shelter WA

Youth homelessness	National Youth Coalition for Housing Queensland Youth Housing Coalition Yfoundations

Events

• Homeless Persons' Week
• Youth Homelessness Matters Day
• Youth Refuge Week

Government programs

• Supported Accommodation Assistance Program

Misc.

• The Choir of Hard Knocks
• The Big Issue (Australia)
• The Oasis (2008 film)

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