How do I become an SDA provider?

 The NDIA will provide financing to an SDA provider, who may also charge each resident directly for controlled rent. The NDIA payment contributes to both the cost of capital as well as the business operations and expenses necessary to offer SDA, such as property upkeep and vacancy processes.

If you want to become an SDA provider, you might want to start with the following steps:

Make sure the SDA Rules 2020 are followed. The Rules are applicable to all SDA properties; be aware of the build kinds and density constraints.
SDA Design Standard compliance is required.
Think about if your company will develop SDA and serve as the SDA provider. A disability organisation may be hired to offer SDA services in place of the owner/builder.
If your organisation is also the SDA provider:
Make that the SDA Price Guide and policies are followed
Ensure adherence to the NDIS operational guidelines and other NDIA-established policies, which are available on the NDIS website.
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requires that all SDA providers register with them. For details on registration, compliance, and audits, particularly the NDIS Practise Standards SDA module, see their website.
Steps to providing SDA
Step 1: Become an approved NDIS Registered Provider
Step 2: The SDA registration group must be approved and added to your NDIS registration
Step 3: Each of your individual SDA dwellings must be able to be enrolled (in that they meet all requirements), and be enrolled with the NDIA
Step 4: A participant with SDA in their plan must reside in the dwelling with a written service agreement in place
For further information about all of these steps go to SDA Pricing and Payments

When you are ready to enrol the property, visit the SDA registration and dwelling enrolment page of the NDIS website for information on how to do so. If your organisation wants to serve as the provider (as described above), make sure that registration with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has started before proceeding.

NDS is a member organisation that can assist members in better comprehending and putting the aforementioned rules, policies, and recommendations into practise. For additional information, speak with our membership staff.

The NDIS SDA homes programme has given all Australians peace of mind that they or a loved one who is permanently or seriously disabled would be able to move into a house that meets their needs and expectations. The NDIS guarantees that individuals with disabilities receive the care and services they require, and SDA money assists in providing habitable houses for a small proportion of NDIS participants who are eligible for SDA funding.