The 2003-04 collection is the first private rent assistance collection to occur under the 2003 CSHA. The 2003 CSHA aims to provide appropriate, affordable and secure housing assistance for those who most need it, for the duration of their need. Under this CSHA a new national performance indicator framework was developed for the public rental housing, state owned and managed Indigenous housing and community housing data collections.This document examines the outcome and descriptor data items collected in the 2003-04 Private Rent Assistance Data Collection.