SDA dwelling enrolment and vacancies

the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act)
the Rules made under the NDIS Act, in particular the NDIS (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Rules 2020 (SDA Rules) , the NDIS (Supports for Participants) Rules 2013 and the NDIS (Registered Providers of Supports) Rules 2013
State and territory legislation, including codes and standards that apply to the provision of SDA in each state or territory.

Dwelling enrolment

There are 2 options to enrol an SDA dwelling. A provider can enrol a dwelling against the SDA design standard or the minimum requirements .

All SDA dwellings must be enrolled with the NDIA through the new ‘my NDIS provider portal’. The portal enables providers to:

create and submit new dwelling enrolment applications
update existing enrolments, where applicable
action requests for additional information
view enrolled dwellings.

To register for access to the new portal, the SDA provider’s PRODA account manager must email [email protected] with the following information:

organisation name
full name of authorised organisational contact
date of birth of authorised organisational contact
email of authorised organisational contact
PRODA registration authority (RA) number of authorised organisational contact.
to locate your RA number:
- log in to PRODA
- click on ‘Profile’
- your RA number is located at the bottom of ‘My Details’.

Providers will receive an email notification confirming their registration. Once registration is confirmed, follow the prompts to log in to the my NDIA provider portal .

Watch this video demonstration to learn how to use the new my NDIA provider portal.

Transcript for 'My NDIA provider portal'

SDA vacancies

Providers must notify the NDIA within 5 business days of a vacancy arising in an SDA dwelling. This is a condition of enrolment under section 29(1)(f) of the SDA Rules.

To inform the NDIA of a vacancy, providers need to complete the online form . Providers will be asked to opt in or out of publishing their SDA vacancy on the SDA Finder.

The SDA Finder is a tool to:

help participants find suitable SDA vacancies across Australia.
enable providers to list SDA vacancies on the NDIS website.
help providers to comply with the SDA Rules

Your vacancy information needs to match your SDA dwelling enrolment to be accepted in our system and published (or removed) on the SDA Finder.

Frequently asked questions

No. Only fully constructed and dwellings that have completed the enrolment process are published on the SDA Finder.

The NDIA will continue to use participant and provider feedback to help shape future improvements to the SDA Finder. If you would like to submit your feedback, please email [email protected].

The NDIA continues to use participant and provider feedback to help shape future improvements to the SDA Finder. If you would like to submit your feedback, please email [email protected].

Email [email protected] with the details of your vacancy, including what currently appears in the SDA Finder.

To remove a vacancy, select ‘remove a current listing’ at the beginning of the online form .

Fill in question 5 in the online form to add the relevant contact details for an SDA vacancy.

You don’t need to list all the specific bedrooms that are available in each dwelling.

In the online form, question 3 allows you to fill in details about bedroom availability. Do not specify bedroom numbers in the ‘unit’ field.

This will result in address details not verifying against your enrolment details, and your vacancy will not be published.

All SDA vacancies are verified against the dwelling enrolment information before they are published in the SDA Finder. You will receive an email within 5 business days if your enrolment details match or if more information is needed.

Login to the myNDIS provider portal and check that the SDA address matches the enrolment information, including unit number, spelling details and postcode.

To check your registration details, login to the myplace provider portal. The ABN associated with your SDA provider registration must match what you have placed in the online form.

If you are submitting a vacancy on behalf of another SDA provider, you must include the SDA provider’s ABN in the online form.

If your organisation has more than one ABN, check you have the correct ABN against the enrolled dwelling.

Your vacancy will remain active on the SDA Finder for 1 month from when it was listed, then it will be automatically removed. If your vacancy is still available after 1 month, you need to resubmit the vacancy information through the online form .

SDA vacancies are updated weekly. Please allow up to 5 business days for your vacancy to appear. If, after 5 business days, it has not appeared in the SDA Finder and you have not received an email about your vacancy, please email [email protected].

To update your contact details, input your correct email address, phone number and website address to question 5 of the online form. If this is not selected and filled out, the contact details submitted during the provider registration process will be used as the default values.

For information about how you can update your contact details in the NDIS Commission Portal, visit the NDIS Commission website .

If you don’t want your vacancy to be published on the SDA Finder, select ‘No’ for question 6 of the online form.

You are still required to notify the NDIA within 5 business days of an SDA dwelling becoming vacant, under section 29(1)(f) of the NDIS SDA Rules, however you can opt out of publishing your vacancy on the SDA Finder.

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