Like all supports, we need to know medium term accommodation meets all our NDIS funding criteria .
For example, we need to know that medium term accommodation:
We won’t fund medium term accommodation if it doesn’t meet our NDIS funding criteria.
Is medium term accommodation related to your disability?
We only fund medium term accommodation if you need it because of your disability.
We may fund medium term accommodation if you need it because your home and living supports aren't ready yet. Medium term accommodation is a temporary and extra cost you have because of your disability support needs.
We won't fund medium term accommodation if it's not related to your disability. We also don't fund day-to-day living costs.
For example, we won’t fund medium term accommodation as long term rent. And we won’t fund medium term accommodation if you’re getting general repairs and renovations to your home that aren't related to your disability support needs.
Example 1
Naveen is ready to be discharged from hospital. He’ll be moving back to his own home.
Naveen now uses a wheelchair. He needs some home modifications and extra supports organised before he can move home. It will take about 3 months to get this done.
We decide medium term accommodation is related to his disability. Naveen needs medium term accommodation because he’s waiting for his home and living supports – his home modifications aren’t ready yet.
Example 2
Rose lives in her own home. Rose needs to complete some general repairs and maintenance to her home. She needs to fix her roof, which is leaking and replace the hot water system. She can’t live in her home while this is being fixed.
These are general repairs and maintenance that anyone who owns a home would need to do, whether or not they have a disability. We decide medium term accommodation isn’t related to Rose’s disability, and we won’t fund it in her plan.
When we think about funding medium term accommodation, we think about how much support is reasonable for you to get from other people. This might be your family, carers, informal and community supports.
We may talk to you about other options you have, such as staying with family or friends until your long term home is ready.
If it’s reasonable for you to stay with your informal supports like family or friends in the meantime, we won’t fund medium term accommodation. We also don’t generally fund informal supports to provide care – learn more in our informal supports guideline .
We can’t fund supports that are more appropriately funded by another government or community service.
For some home and living supports , it might be more appropriate for another service to fund them. For example, your state or territory may fund some short and medium term housing options, depending on why you need this support.
Other government and community services are responsible for:
accommodation for children in a foster care or out-of-home care arrangement
providing housing and accommodation for people who need it – this includes making sure all Australians, including people with disability, have access to accessible, affordable and appropriate housing
emergency housing if you’re homeless or at risk of becoming homeless – learn more about the services available on the Homelessness Australia website .
If you need help connecting to other government and community services for housing, speak to your local area coordinator or support coordinator. We may also fund disability supports you need while you’re in housing supplied by other services.
Learn more about mainstream and community supports for housing and community infrastructure .
