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Providers must be registered through the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to enrol a specialist disability accommodation (SDA) dwelling.
For information on NDIS provider registration and renewal visit the How to register page.
More information, including provider obligations regarding SDA supports, is in:
- 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 ‘my NDIS provider portal’. The portal allows providers to:
- create and submit new dwelling enrolment applications
- enrol a dwelling with multiple rooms of different design categories
- 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 NDIS provider portal . You can also download the my NDIS provider portal guide to learn about enrolling dwellings, and managing the end-to-end SDA application process.
Watch this video demonstration to learn how to use the new 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:
- helps participants find suitable SDA vacancies across Australia.
- allows providers to list SDA vacancies on the NDIS website.
- helps 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.