In Australia over 4 million people have a disability, which represents 18% of Australia’s total population. Housing for people with disability is provided across different sectors, with community housing providers (CHPs), government, community organisations and now Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) providers playing a role.

As of June 2019, there were over 500 CHPs across Australia. Despite this, research exploring the role of CHPs in providing accessible housing to people with disability is lacking. While CHPs are also participating in the SDA market, a recent report released by the Summer Foundation and the Housing Hub showed that the development of SDA housing is largely dominated by other types of organisations such as private housing providers and not-for-profit disability service providers. Only 11.3% were CHPs. To date, there is a lack of understanding as to why CHPs appear to be relatively absent in the SDA market. This survey explored the participation of CHPs in the disability housing market, to understand the challenges, barriers and opportunities for CHPs who are providing housing to NDIS participants who are funded for SDA.