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NDIS Home and Living Options

Your guide to achieving the home you want and NDIS funding options for housing (SDA, ILO, SIL).

Finding the right housemates for independent living
Discover practical steps to find a supportive housemate. Learn about trial stays, house rules, and NDIS independent living options.
How to describe your Home and Living support needs
Preparing for NDIS home funding? Learn how to clearly detail your daily routines, physical care levels, overnight support, and independence goals.
Specialist Disability Accommodation: Your questions answered
Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) offers purpose-built housing for people with high support needs. Learn about eligibility, funding, and how to get started.
From worry to confidence - how to really get started with independent living
Learn how parents and carers can support individuals to live independently. Mable’s Libby Ellis will guide you with valuable tips and information to get started on this journey.
ILO and housing strategies: a case study
Gibbs Hatendi talks to Mable about housing challenges for people with disability that act as barriers for them to live independently, as well as a recent ILO experience.
How a clinical role can contribute to individualised living
Peter Gregory talks about how clinicians like Occupational Therapists (OTs) and behaviour support practitioners can have in assisting people with disability achieve their version of home.
Safeguards and Individualised Living Options (ILO)
An important part of exploring and designing ILO, are the strategies that will address any vulnerabilities faced by the person with disability. However, there are many ways beyond regulatory frameworks in which people with disability can be safeguarded.
From foster care and group home to living independently: Uli’s story
Independent living: Uli shares how he went from foster care and group homes to getting his own home, and the support he has received from his Support Coordinator that helped on the way.
How Samantha removed barriers to independence through her SDA home
Samantha on finding her home through SDA, finding support through Mable and on the misconceptions around using Supported Independent Living with SDA