Preparing Chintaro for running the NSW AHO (Aboriginal Housing Office) Report

Modified on Tue, 7 Jul, 2020 at 11:42 AM

The AHO Report is submitted on a monthly basis by Aboriginal Housing organisations in New South Wales and is generated through Reports and Exports > NSW Reports > AHO Report. 


This solution details the requirements if the AHO Report, which Reference Tables mus be updated and where to find the data in Chintaro. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Preparing the Reference Tables for accurate data collection


Before you begin with entering the data below, you must check the following Reference Tables have been updated and accurately reflect the information below. All Reference Tables are accessed through Home > System Maintenance > Reference Tables.


Parameters

System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Parameters

If you have never used Chintaro for the AHO, you will need to enable it from the Parameters Reference table.

Find the row "AHO" and the column "Parm Number" and set it to 1



Transaction Type

System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Transaction Type 

Any incomes for the organisation will need to flagged as such for the AHO under Reference Tables by ticking Rep Income column.



Asset Condition

System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Asset Condition

The Property Condition reference table needs to be set up with these options

  • Below Maintained
  • Maintained
  • Well Maintained
  • N/A



Reason for Leaving

System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Reason for Leaving

Reason for Leaving need to be set up properly and updated whenever vacated. Evictions need to be set up properly with the Eviction field ticked in the reference table.

  • Long Term Care
  • Short Term Care
  • Eviction/Breach
  • Tenant initiated exit
  • Provider initiated exit
  • Prison
  • Tenant requested Transfer
  • Provider requested relocation
  • Uninhabitable 
  • Re-sign
  • Repairs
  • Tenant Left/Abandoned
  • Deceased
  • Rent Arrears
  • Relocation/Transfer
  • Untenanted (never moved in/created tenant in error)
  • NA



Untenantable Reason

System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Room Status Untenantable

The table Room Status Untenantable needs to have the following options:

•Vacant Restoration

•Major Planned Works

•N/A


Preparing the Client Screen for running the AHO Report

AHO need to know every person living in each AHO property, and every person in the household should be entered into Chintaro with the following details:

  • Name 
  • Relationship
  • DOB
  • Gender


Screen and Field NameScreenshot in ChintaroDescriptionReference Table
Given Name and Surname
N/A
GenderSelect from drop down list. Gender

System Maintenance > 

Reference Tables > Gender


Relationship

Each of these Household members will be added into Chintaro as Clients, and then linked to the Primary Tenant. Please see Setting up a Household for more details on how to structure this if you're unfamiliar on this process.

Relationship

System Maintenance > 

Reference Tables > Relationship


Date of Birth
N/A



Preparing the Property Screen to run the AHO Report

Special consideration must be taken with entering the following fields:


Screen and Field NameScreenshot in ChintaroDescriptionReference Table
AHO#The AHO# field must be filled out with the "PRN" (Property Reference Number). This number will be provided by the AHO N/A
AddressAddress is important - Each component should be separated by spaces (Number, Street name, Street type). Street types should be the full word - not abbreviations ie Street not St.N/A
Property Condition

SQLx version:



Access version: Property Screen > Additional Details function


Each Property must have the property condition updated. There is a corresponding date (Condition Rating Date) - this should be the date the last condition rating was set. (The Condition Rating Date is not currently used for the export.)


The Property Condition field is found on the Main Property screen in Chintaro SQLx versions and it is found on the Property> Additional Details screen in Chintaro Access versions. 


Asset Condition


System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Asset Condition


The Property Condition reference table needs to be set up with these options

  • Below Maintained Standard
  • Maintained
  • Well Maintained
  • NA
Room > Vacant Tenantable 'Because'
Each Vacant Untenatable period needs to have a reason selected.
Untenantable Reason


System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Vacancy Reason

The table Room Status Untenantable needs to have the following options:

•Vacant Restoration

•Major Planned Works

•NA



Preparing the Tenancy Screen for running the AHO Report

Each active Tenancy must have transactions, and vacated tenancies have a leaving reason as per AHO requirements. 


Field NameScreenshot in ChintaroDescriptionReference Table
Tenancy TransactionsN/AAll payments recorded in Chintaro are calculated totals by the AHO report.Transaction Type

System Maintenance > Reference Tables > Transaction Type 

Any incomes for the organisation will need to flagged as such for the AHO under Reference Tables by ticking Rep Income column.


Leaving ReasonWhen a tenant is Vacated, we need to capture the reason they left. This will be entered under "Leaving Reason".

Reason for Leaving


System Maintenance > 

Reference Tables > Reason for Leaving


Reason for Leaving needs to be set up properly and updated whenever vacated. Evictions need to be set up properly with the Eviction field ticked in the reference table.

  • Long Term Care
  • Short Term Care
  • Eviction/Breach
  • Tenant initiated exit
  • Provider initiated exit
  • Prison
  • Tenant requested Transfer
  • Provider requested relocation
  • Uninhabitable 
  • Re-sign
  • Repairs
  • Tenant Left/Abandoned
  • Deceased
  • Rent Arrears
  • Relocation/Transfer
  • Untenanted (never moved in/created tenant in error)
  • NA



Preparing the Maintenance Screen for running the AHO Report

Each Maintenance Task must have the following fields entered, to be included on the AHO Report. 


Field NameScreenshot in ChintaroDescriptionReference Table
Maintenance TypeSelect from drop down list. Maintenance Type

System Maintenance > 

Reference Tables > Maintenance Type


UrgentSelect from urgency types drop down. Urgent Types

System Maintenance > 

Reference Tables > Urgent Types


Reported DateEnter the date the works were reported, if not today's date.N/A
Actual Completed DateEnter the date of when the works were completed. N/A


Once you have prepared, by following the above steps, you are now ready to run the report. Please follow this guide on How to Run the AHO Report

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