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Adaptable housing for people with disability in Australia: a scoping study (2021)

Australian Human Rights Commission
Wednesday 28th April, 2021
In Australia, 4.4 million people live with disability, and 96% of people with disability live in private homes. Many existing homes are inaccessible and finding appropriate housing remains a challenge
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Australia’s NDIS goes live with first phase of digital transformation program

Aimee Chanthadavong |
ZDNet
Tuesday 27th April, 2021
The Specialist Disability Accommodation within Australia's disability scheme has been overhauled from relying on 'off systems' to being completely visible.
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Disability housing: what does good look like?

Social Ventures Victoria
Wednesday 31st March, 2021
Access to appropriate and affordable housing is a key driver to enable people with disability to be full and equal participants in society. Yet while the stock of specialist disability
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The Aged Care Royal Commission wants younger people out of aged care but what are their accommodation options?

Sally Sara
RN Breakfast
Friday 5th March, 2021
Currently there are more than 4,300 younger Australians living in an aged care facility; most of them are with disability. But the Aged Care Royal Commission says by 2025, no
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Time to future proof Australian housing

Dr Di Winkler and Dr Peter Mulherin
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 23rd February, 2021
Given our ageing population, the number of Australians with mobility issues is expected to almost double from 3 million to nearly 6 million within 40 years. In about a month’s
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Specialist Disability Accommodation – Supply in Australia

Summer Foundation and The Housing Hub
Thursday 14th January, 2021

This report provides an update on the growth of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) across Australia and shares insights into current market sentiment. The data in this report results from a…

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Specialist disability accommodation – Pipeline of supply

Dr Di Winkler and Alecia Rathbone.
Pro Bono News
Thursday 14th January, 2021

People with high or complex disability support needs have traditionally had extremely limited options when it comes to finding somewhere to live. The growing specialist disability accommodation market is beginning…

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NDIS yet to solve disability accommodation shortage for Victorians

Disability Support Guide
Monday 14th December, 2020
For many Victorians with disability, the right to choose where they live and who they live with is so constrained that they are left feeling unsafe and fearful in their
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Emerging disability housing market meeting appetite for impact investment at scale

Di Winkler
Pro Bono News
Monday 14th December, 2020
When fully rolled out, SDA payments are expected to total approximately $700 million per year. Building the scale of housing required for the SDA market has the potential to stimulate
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Community Visitors Annual Report 2020-21

Office of the Public Advocate
Thursday 18th November, 2021
Community Visitors are volunteers who play a vital role in safeguarding the rights of people with disability and fostering their inclusion in the community. This is an annual report that
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Disability groups fight to end segregation of people with disability in Australia

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 9th December, 2020
Advocacy groups say the commission must recognise that segregation of people with disability is discrimination and a breach of human rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
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‘YPIRAC is a wicked problem that can only be solved by working across sectors’

Di Winkler
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 21st October, 2020
Young people often end up in aged care because they fall through the gap between hospitals and the disability service system. The two systems operate on completely different time frames.
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