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Joseph Connellan
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) in Australia:Published Data to 31st December 2020
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is using an open regulated market approach to secure access to a portfolio of contemporary, fit for purpose Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) for the estimated 28,200 NDIS participants with significant support needs who require it. This represents an increase of 10,700 from the estimated 17,500 that were already housed in SDA-like housing before the NDIS. A combination of published data provides a snapshot of progress. #
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Joseph Connellan
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Robust Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) in Victoria:The Published Data
There is increasing discussion about a shortage of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Robust Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) in Victoria. This paper provides a brief overview of the published data about participants seeking SDA, Existing and New SDA stock and SDA stock in development. #NDIS #NDS #Disability #Disabilityhousing
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Joseph Connellan
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Demand for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
Estimating demand for SDA is complex. It requires an understanding of which NDIS participants with SDA are looking for what sort of SDA (design and building type) in what locations matched against the available (and emerging) SDA supply. The first step is to consider the regional SDA data published by the NDIS on their Data Downloads website (https://data.ndis.gov.au/data-downloads). For example, if we set the percentage of NDIS participants with SDA against the expected 6% e
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Joseph Connellan
- Sep 22, 2020
- 1 min
SDA Data in NDIS Q4 2020 Quarterly Report
This is a 30-minute analysis of the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) data published in the NDIS Q4 Quarterly Report by Joseph Connellan of MC Two Pty Ltd (www.mctwo.com.au) e: joseph.connellan@gmail.com #nds #ndis #disability #affordablehousing #chia #powerhousing
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Joseph Connellan
- Jul 16, 2020
- 1 min
Housing Developments for People with Supported Independent Living (SIL) packages
Mind Australia's housing subsidiary, the Haven Foundation, is currently developing five projects around Victoria each comprising of 16 one-bedroom units. The projects follow the completion of the Haven Frankston project which delivered 18 single bedroom apartments. The Frankston housing is predominantly targeted to people whose capacity to live independently is impacted by long-term mental ill-health and who have an NDIS Supported Independent Living (SIL) package. #NDIS #NDS
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Joseph Connellan
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
Online Housing Training Sessions
I am looking forward to delivering three diverse online training sessions for members of the Community Housing Industry Association Victoria (CHIA Vic). Note: The sessions are open to non-members as well. 14 July 2020 NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA): What is it and what is happening? The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is funding the largest growth of housing for people with disability in Australia’s history adding 10,000 new places and beginning th
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Joseph Connellan
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
Summer/SVA SDA Supply Report- March 2020
I have recently reviewed the excellent Summer/SVA SDA Supply Report produced in March 2020. The Report, published on an annual basis, provides much-needed insights into the SDA pipeline at both a National and State/Territory level. My key takeouts from the National section of the Report include: The majority of NDIS participants with SDA funding have transitioned to the NDIS within an existing living arrangement, often in a group home There are significant SDA data limitation
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Joseph Connellan
- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
Household sizes: Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) vs Australian community
In the ongoing debate about group homes (or group houses) it is sometimes raised that there are larger household sizes in the broader Australian community. A comparison between the size of registered SDA and the size of households in the broader Australia population reveals that larger houses do exist but in much small proportions. For SDA to achieve a similar balance to the broader community as the portfolio grows no new larger SDA could be built and indeed some 5 person hou
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