en-AU Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:04:04 GMT Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:04:04 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=58 SDA refers to accommodation for people who require specialist housing solutions, including to assist with the delivery of supports that cater to their extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. SDA does not refer to the support services, but the homes in which these are delivered. SDA may, for example, have specialist designs for people with very high needs or a location or features that make it feasible to provide complex or costly supports for independent living. Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=57 Minister for the NDIS, Stuart Robert, has released the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Design Standard - landmark guidelines developed by Livable Housing Australia, Expert Panel and Industry Reference Group that will spur a new era of housing construction and enhancement for Australians with disability. The SDA Design Standard will guide architects, builders and the community as they look for new and better ways to build specialist housing for people with disability. Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=56 Launched in 2018, Nest (www.gonest.com.au) continues to be Australia’s leading free website that connects housing providers to people with disability looking for their new home. Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=55 Updating the SDA Design Standards and Implementing Two Stage Dwelling Certification Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=54 Livable Housing Australia today welcomed the second announcement of funding from the $1.1b Social and Affordable Housing Fund with Housing Plus, SGCH, Uniting and Anglicare successful in their bids to deliver around 1000 new social and affordable homes with dwellings designed to the principles of Livable Housing Design silver Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=53 The Commonwealth Games opened today with 6,000 athletes and officials from around the world seeing Livable Housing Australia designed dwellings which will be their place to call home over the two weeks of the games. Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=52 In 2017 Lifetime Homes completed Tasmania’s first Universal Access display home, built to the Platinum level of the LHA Design Guidelines. The Lifetime SmartHome is available for viewing in New Town, Tasmania until March 2018 to showcase the benefit of a certified LHA Platinum level home. Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=46 Livable Housing Australia welcomes Longevity Group Australia to the Corporate Supporter ranks Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=48 TOOWOOMBA businesses are among the first to benefit from the State Government's $1.8 billion housing strategy, with works on a new social housing complex in Rangeville starting soon. Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:00:00 GMT http://livablehousingaustralia.org.au/Article/?id=47 The government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which oversees the NDIS, have done a tremendous job in setting up this new funding stream. The new SDA rules under the NDIS Act took effect in March 2017. We are moving from policy design to implementation. Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:00:00 GMT