Choice and control are at the heart of the NDIS scheme, which was designed to give people living with disabilities agency over the care and support services they receive.of the ballooning scheme, which will include efforts to stamp out over-servicing and other fraudulent behaviour, to ensure its financial sustainability.
, and covers most of the rents to SDA providers, which are effectively disability housing landlords. Under the scheme, the greater the care required by the tenant, the higher the payment.The scheme is designed to allow people to live more independently in their own home and have other services delivered to them more effectively. But the SDA housing providers are not supposed to dictate what care is provided to tenants.
The commission is also aware of SDA outfits requiring tenants to engage the housing provider for all NDIS supports and services in the home. “These practices are inconsistent with NDIS provider obligations, particularly the NDIS Code of Conduct and NDIS Practice Standards,” Ms Mackey wrote to SDA providers.