Housing Solutions

At Ability Housing, we’re committed to creating safe, modern, and inclusive homes that empower people with disability to live with independence, dignity, and choice.

As a registered Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) provider, we partner with participants, families, and support networks to deliver housing solutions tailored to individual needs. Our focus is on more than just bricks and mortar—we design spaces that foster community, accessibility, and long-term wellbeing.

Medium Term Accommodation

  • Medium-Term Accommodation (MTA)

    Medium-term accommodation offers a temporary housing option for individuals awaiting a long-term housing solution or confirmed disability-related supports. This type of accommodation provides a place to live for up to 90 days, bridging the gap until a permanent housing arrangement is secured

Permanent Accommodation

  • Improved Liveability (IL)

    Improved liveability refers to the enhanced living conditions provided by specialized dwellings designed for individuals with intellectual, cognitive, and sensory impairments. These accommodations are tailored to meet specific needs, such as aiding individuals with visual impairments in navigating the space effortlessly. Many residences incorporate features like luminance contrasts and tactile elements on walls or doors to create a more accessible and comfortable living environment.

  • Fully Accessible (FA)

    A fully accessible home is designed to provide comprehensive physical support for individuals with significant functional impairments. This includes wheelchair-friendly passages throughout the entire dwelling, ensuring accessibility from both seated and standing positions to essential areas like kitchen and laundry benchtops, as well as appliances. The home’s layout and features are meticulously crafted to accommodate and empower individuals with mobility challenges, promoting greater independence and inclusivity.

  • High Physical Support (HPS)

    A high physical support home incorporates all the features outlined in the Fully Accessible Design category, with additional elements to cater to specific needs. These additions encompass structural accommodations for ceiling hoists, ensuring smooth mobility, and clear opening width doors to all rooms, facilitating easy movement. The home is further equipped with advanced assistive technology, utilizing voice control for tasks like room temperature adjustment, TV operation, and door activation. Moreover, emergency power solutions are implemented, guaranteeing a minimum two-hour power backup to address any power outages promptly. This comprehensive design fosters a safe, accessible, and technologically enabled environment for individuals requiring high levels of physical support.

  • Robust Homes

    A robust home refers to highly resilient housing designed to ensure the safety of individuals with behaviours that might pose risks to themselves or their caregivers. These homes are built to minimize reactive maintenance and create secure environments. They adhere to stringent building standards, featuring secure windows, doors, and external areas, as well as high-impact wall lining, and soundproofing. These measures provide areas of sanctuary for both residents and staff, promoting a secure and supportive living environment.

  • Homes with Overnight Onsite Assistance

    Overnight Onsite Assistance is a support service offered under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to individuals with significant disability-related needs. OOA provides overnight support staff who stay on-site to assist participants during the night hours, ensuring their safety, well-being, and addressing any support requirements that may arise.

    The key functions of Overnight Onsite Assistance may include:

    1. Personal Care: Assisting with personal hygiene, toileting, and other daily living activities.
    2. Medical Support: Administering medication or responding to any medical emergencies.
    3. Mobility Assistance: Helping with transfers, positioning, and mobility aid usage.
    4. Behavioral Support: Addressing any challenging behaviors and providing positive support strategies.
    5. Safety Monitoring: Ensuring a safe environment and responding promptly to emergencies.

    Overall, Overnight Onsite Assistance plays a crucial role in providing comprehensive support, fostering independence, and contributing to the overall health and safety of individuals with disabilities under the NDIS.

Independence doesn’t mean going it alone — it means having the right support, when you need it.

Flexible Support Models

  • Community Cooperative | Live independently, share smart support.

    The Community Cooperative is a unique and innovative way for like-minded tenants to share the cost of on-site support. By pooling NDIS funding, everyone gets more from their support — without compromising independence.

    At Ability Housing, your home and your support are separate. This means you choose how and by whom your support is delivered, regardless of where you live.

  • How the Cooperative Works

    If you live alone or with family (not in a shared home), you can still join the Community Cooperative.

    This lets you share some support services (like overnight staff or community access support) with others in your housing complex — such as a group of villas or apartments.

    The result? More efficient support, Lower costs, Greater independence.

  • How can the Community Cooperative help you become more independent?

    The Community Cooperative helps you become more independent by giving you greater choice and control over how your support is delivered — while still making it affordable and flexible.

    By sharing the cost of on-site support with other tenants in your building, you can:

    • Access the support you need when you need it, without having to rely on 24/7 individual care
    • Use your NDIS funding more efficiently, freeing up resources for other goals
    • Live in your own home, with the right amount of help, rather than in a group home
    • Choose your own support providers, separate from your housing provider
    • Build confidence and daily living skills in a setting that encourages self-reliance and community

    Live life on your terms, in your own space, while still being connected to others when you need support.

You can receive support in one of the following ways — or as a combination

  • Supported Independent Living (SIL)

    Live in a shared home with on-site staff who assist you with daily living and care needs.

  • Flexible Core Supports

    Support that adapts to your day-to-day needs — when and how you need it.

  • Independent Living Option (ILO)

    Live on your own or with people you choose, with flexible, personalised support that builds independence.