NDISDA® SDA Housing & Disability
National Membership, Sector Education and Strategic Housing Collaboration

Purpose and National Role

NDISDA® SDA Housing & Disability is a national membership, education and strategic collaboration platform dedicated to advancing Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), Supported Independent Living (SIL), disability housing and stronger Hospital to Home pathways across Australia.

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​Through national membership, professional education, conferences and events, Hospital to Home programs, stakeholder engagement, research collaboration, strategic partnerships and industry leadership, NDISDA works across the traditional boundaries of disability, health, housing, government and community services.

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The NDISDA® name is a registered Australian Trademark, reflecting the organisation’s established national identity and its long-term commitment to strengthening disability housing outcomes through education, collaboration, professional engagement and responsible industry leadership.

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National Contact Centre and Stakeholder Connection

NDISDA operates 1300 NDI SDA (1300 634 732), Australia’s dedicated national Specialist Disability Accommodation contact centre.

The contact centre provides a central point of connection for people living with disability, families, hospitals, health professionals, Support Coordinators, SDA and SIL providers, developers, investors and other stakeholders seeking information, education, industry connections and assistance navigating disability housing pathways.

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Importantly, the contact centre is more than an information line. It forms part of NDISDA’s broader national engagement infrastructure, helping identify emerging housing needs, facilitate appropriate connections and strengthen communication between people and organisations operating across different parts of the disability housing ecosystem.

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National Events, Professional Education and Sector Development

Since 2020, NDISDA, in collaboration with SDA Conferences & Events, has developed a substantial national platform for disability housing education and professional engagement.

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This has included 39 National Specialist Disability Accommodation Conferences and more than 200 workshops, executive forums, roundtables, networking events and professional development programs, alongside national engagement activities across Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart.

These initiatives create sustained opportunities for organisations and professionals to:

• remain informed about regulatory, legislative and policy developments;

• strengthen professional capability;

• exchange practical knowledge and experience;

• hear directly from government, regulators, researchers and sector leaders;

• examine emerging housing, support and investment challenges;

• develop multidisciplinary relationships; and

• collaborate on practical responses to issues affecting people living with disability.

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Education is not viewed as a one-off event. It is part of an ongoing national process of connection, capability building and continuous improvement.

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Hospital to Home — Turning Collaboration into Practical Impact

One of the clearest examples of NDISDA’s multidisciplinary approach is the NDISDA Hospital to Home Engagement Program and Hospital to Home professional education workshops.

A successful transition from hospital to home requires far more than medical readiness.

It requires coordinated discharge planning, suitable housing, appropriate supports, effective communication, clearly understood responsibilities and collaboration between health professionals, disability providers, Support Coordinators, allied health practitioners, government and housing organisations.

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Recognising these challenges, NDISDA developed its Hospital to Home engagement initiatives to strengthen the connection between the health, disability and housing sectors and support safer, more coordinated and participant-centred transitions from hospital into the community.

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Dedicated Hospital to Home engagement commenced through specialised summits in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane in 2025, with the formal NDISDA Hospital to Home Engagement Program established in 2026.

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Hospital Engagement and Multidisciplinary Connection

The Hospital to Home Engagement Program brings together professionals involved throughout the transition journey, including hospital executives, discharge planners, patient flow teams, Disability Liaison Officers, hospital-based NDIS Liaison Officers, allied health professionals, social workers, Support Coordinators, SDA providers, SIL providers and government representatives.

This engagement is critical because delayed or unsuccessful discharge is rarely the result of a single issue.

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Housing availability, funding, support arrangements, participant circumstances, clinical considerations, communication, planning and system knowledge can all intersect.

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NDISDA therefore focuses on creating shared understanding across disciplines, rather than expecting one part of the system to solve complex transition challenges in isolation.

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Our Hospital to Home initiatives demonstrate what NDISDA seeks to achieve nationally: bringing the right people into the same conversation, building capability on both sides and creating the relationships required for better outcomes.

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A Trusted Forum for Leadership, Research and Reform

Over the years, NDISDA has developed into a respected national forum for education, collaboration and strategic industry engagement.

NDISDA conferences, forums and programs have brought together representatives from government agencies, Disability Ministers, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, the National Disability Insurance Agency, hospital executives, universities and researchers, local government, legal specialists, allied health professionals and recognised leaders from across disability, housing, health and community services.

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NDISDA also recognises the importance of connecting research with practice.

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By engaging researchers and universities alongside providers, government, health professionals and industry, we help create opportunities for evidence, lived experience and frontline knowledge to inform future housing models, policy discussions and sector development.

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Our engagement with local government is equally important. Inclusive housing does not exist independently of the communities in which people live. Planning, accessibility, infrastructure, transport, social connection and community participation all influence whether housing genuinely enables inclusion.

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Strategic Housing Collaboration and National Impact

Through its national membership network, strategic engagement programs, Hospital to Home Engagement Program and professional education workshops, executive roundtables, conferences, research collaboration, local government engagement, professional development activities, networking programs and 1300 NDI SDA, NDISDA continues to invest significant time, expertise and resources into strengthening Australia’s disability housing ecosystem.

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Together with SDA Conferences & Events and the Impact Housing National Strategic Alliance, our focus is on connecting sectors that have traditionally operated separately and creating the infrastructure for sustained national collaboration.

The objective is not collaboration for collaboration’s sake.

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It is collaboration that produces knowledge, capability, stronger relationships, better pathways and practical outcomes.

• From hospital to home.

• From research to practice.

• From development to community.

• From housing to health and wellbeing.

• Beyond Shelter is our commitment to seeing the whole person, the whole pathway and the whole ecosystem — and bringing together the people capable of changing it.