The NDIS Review and Disability Royal Commission (DRC) both recommended some form of separation of support and housing in Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). In its response to the DRC recommendations, the government has committed $49.7 million for design and consultation to support better home and living options for NDIS participants. This includes targeted compliance activities and an education campaign to ensure SDA providers meet their existing conflict of interest obligations. It also includes funding to conduct design activities to explore the legal separation of SDA and SIL.
Last year the NDIS Commission completed an Own Motion inquiry into supported accommodation and is now progressing its action plan.
The NDIS Commission’s is now focused on:
▻ reviewing the NDIS Practice Standards,
▻ developing new NDIS Practice Standards for group homes, and
▻ separating supported SIL and SDA.
The NDIS Commission is currently consulting and invites providers who deliver in-home supports in group settings to talk to them in August and September 2024.
