SDA Housing NSW Understanding Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) and its Benefits by BBDisability.

SDA Eligibility

• Participants over 18 years of age and eligible to receive support under National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) funding approval as your care needs assessed as extreme functional impairment or have high support needs requiring the provision of special housing under SDA guidelines.
• Your care needs consistently demonstrate that Specialist Disability Accommodation will help you to realize your goals and reduce the impact of functional impairment thereby improve your quality of life.

Types of SDA

Specialist Disability (SDA) dwellings can be houses, townhouse, duplexes, villas and apartments.

The new SDA properties can accommodate a maximum of up to 5 participants. The SDA dwellings must comply with the specific design standards of four SDA categories matching with the extreme functional impairments or very high support needs.

SDA categories

• Improved Livability: SDA Dwellings that are designed to incorporate a reasonable level of physical access and enhanced provision for people with sensory, intellectual and cognitive impairment.
• Fully accessible: SDA dwellings that are designed to provide high level of physical access for people with significant physical impairment.
• High Physical Support: SDA dwellings that are designed to provide high level of physical access for people with significant impairment and requiring very high level of support.
• Robust: SDA Dwellings that are designed to incorporate a high level of physical access provisions and be very resilient to minimize risk to the participants and the community and reduce the likelihood of reactive maintenance. These dwellings can reduce the risk of injury and disturbances and cope with heavy use.