NDIS needs the market to help make up at least 60% shortfall in specialist disability housing
- Written by George Taleporos, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
Specialist Disability Accommodation has enabled Ben Parkinson, pictured with his carer, to live in a home of his own.Summer Foundation, CC BY
Funding for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is expected to support 28,000 people, 6% of all NDIS participants. However, the NDIS has provided...