2017-04-11 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 Housing Needs Assessment

group of people with disability who are ineligible for SDA remains a challenge for policy makers.
Housing stress is exacerbated for people with disability by several factors: income disparity,
higher dependency on government transfers, higher expenditure of income on housing, the
widening gap between income levels and house prices, and a lack of suitable housing. NDS
considers that more efforts are needed to solve this problem, given the imminent roll out of the
NDIS and the long lead time of housing development (NDS, 2016).

At the present time, the NDS estimates that nationally:

       There are over 6,000 young people in aged care facilities;
       In 2012, 78,000 ageing parents were concerned about what will happen to their children
        once they pass away or can no longer support their child;
       People with disability experience long waiting lists for accessible and affordable housing;
       If no action is taken, there will be up to 122,000 NDIS participants without appropriate
        disability housing by 2020 (NDIA, 2016).

The following excerpt from the Summer Foundation identifies some of the problems in relation to
determining and providing for wider disability housing needs.




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