CHNI Council for the Homeless Northern Ireland

CIH Chartered Institute of Housing

DETR Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions

DHSS Department of Health and Social Security

DOE Department of the Environment

DSD Department for Social Development

DTLR Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions

FDA Full Duty Applicants

HB Housing Benefit

NIACRO Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders

NIFHA Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations

NIHE Northern Ireland Housing Executive also referred to in this Report as the 'Executive'

PBNI Probation Board Northern Ireland

PSNI Police Service Northern Ireland

RSL Registered Social Landlords

SNMA Special Needs Management Allowance

YPP Young Persons Project

Household is deemed to be an individual, a number of family members or a family which presents as homeless

Overcrowded is considered, for the purposes of this Report to mean "a house occupied by two, or more, families"

Priority Need is considered, for the purposes of this Report to be the definition contained in Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 Part 2 Article 5 (1)