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Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: Policy and practice

24 Mar 2024

The research poses the overarching question: • What is the interaction of policy and practice systems between the NDIS, specifically the SDA program, and social housing and the experience of those accessing and living in social housing designed for NDIS participants with SDA funding? The research addresses the following research questions: 1. [...] What is the nature of the interactions between the social housing sector and the SDA program, and what are the associated barriers and opportunities to accommodation delivery, including the inclusion of AT in these homes? 2. [...] Additional barriers for CHPs participating in the development of SDA include high land and construction costs, a lack of certainty with the forward progression of the SDA program, overall lack of confidence in the SDA market, and the resources required to acquire specialist knowledge in order to interpret and navigate complex NDIA systems and processes, coupled with the comparable ease of investme. [...] The relationship between the five data collection methods and the research questions is shown in Table 2 Table 2: Research questions and methodology Research question Methodology • What is the nature of the interactions between the social housing sector and the SDA • Policy and literature review program, and what are the associated barriers and opportunities to accommodation • Interviews delivery,. [...] The deliberations were structured around the following five themes: • state government and the SDA program • community housing sector and the SDA program • interactions and relationships with the NDIA • participant experience and the SDA program • AT and the SDA program All panel sessions and roundtables were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and synthesised for thematic analysis.
Pages
105
Published in
Australia