Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) has gone through a period of significant change, particularly as to testing a participant’s eligibility. More participants are going through an already rigorous process, only for
A newly released report shows the Government is still short of its target to have no one younger than 45 living in nursing homes, and no one younger than 65
A lack of market information allowing developers and operators to anticipate the types of housing that is needed and where it is needed was one reason that only just over
This report complements regularly released NDIA quarterly reports and the recently published SDA Market Information Statement, SDA Finder and SDA demand data. It features observations into publically available NDIA data
She lived in a tiny room with no window, inside a home filled with bed bugs and stained mattresses, until a COVID cluster helped expose conditions in Hambleton House.
He said the federal government should consider a national community visitor scheme, based on the model in Victoria, where trained volunteers would be authorised by law to inspect the premises
Some of Victoria’s most marginalised citizens are being caught up in an ugly turf war between rival groups of disability accommodation and support businesses that are competing for the right
James Latham from Department of Justice and Community Safety is joined by Bronwyn Trickett, an Advocate from Action for More Independence and Dignity in Accommodation (AMIDA), and together they provide
From September 2022, new homes in Australia will include accessible design features, after a meeting on 30 April saw building ministers decide to include minimum accessibility standards in the National
PWDA chief executive officer Sebastian Zagarella said the disabled people’s organisation was pleased the disability community’s lobbying had paid off. “We hope the Australian Building Codes Board’s new standards will
Building Better Homes Campaign Director Alistair Webster called it "a once-in-a-generation opportunity". "What this means is that the millions of Australians with mobility limitations who currently cannot get access to
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Friday 30th April, 2021
The Building Ministers agreed to mandate the Livable Housing Design Silver Level as a standard for all new housing in the National Construction Code. The Gold Standard will also be
