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Housing for people with disability

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Specialist disability housing
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Social housing
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Housing for people with disability
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Survey Report

The voice of Queenslanders with disability report 2025

E Ambrose, Rebekah Barker

This report provides insights gathered from Queenslanders with disability, family/carers and organisational representatives in 2025. Queenslanders shared what is going well and what is challenging across many aspects of their lives. There was progress in areas like health and safety and declines in employment and housing security.
Report

Basic Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA): drivers, barriers and opportunities for renewal


This report highlights the need for urgent, coordinated action to move away from outdated housing models and invest in contemporary, accessible homes that reflect the needs and preferences of people with disability. The findings and recommendations provide a pathway for stronger policy and practice to improve the quality, sustainability and inclusivity of Basic Specialist Disability...
Journal article

Navigating the transition from hospital to community

This article describes the findings from 15 interviews on the lived experience of hospital discharge and returning to the community for people with acquired disability and complex needs in the Australian context. It identifies opportunities to co-design solutions that improve the experience of leaving hospital for this group.
Survey Report

Survey on people with disability in community housing


This survey report examines community housing providers' practices, challenges, and capacity‑building needs for housing people with disability. It covers general community tenancies and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and presents recommendations identifying priority areas for policy improvement.
Journal article

Trends in disability-related inequalities in housing affordability in Australia, 2003 to 2022

Housing affordability is an important social determinant of health and living in unaffordable housing reinforces systemic health inequalities for people with disability. This study examined trends in housing affordability inequalities between people with and without disability. It concludes without targeted, structural reforms, people with disability will continue to experience both housing and health inequalities for...