Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) property is a custom designed and built house for disabled people with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. SDA house is also commonly called NDIS property, as its rental payment is funded under NDIS scheme.
In other works, SDA is an accommodation for people who require specialist housing solutions, including to assist with the delivery of supports that cater for their extreme functional impairment or very high support needs.
SDA does not refer to the support services, but the homes in which these are delivered.
SDA houses are built either under class 1 or class 3 of NCC (National Construction Code) depending on states and territories local requirements. In addition, it needs to comply with NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation Design Standard Edition 1.1 Issue Date 25th October 2019.
