Impact investors in disability housing call for stronger market stewardship by the NDIA

Published 31st August 2021

The future of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is unclear as costs are rising at a rate that the government says is unsustainable. However, specialist disability accommodation (SDA) funding is creating a world-first and life-changing market that has the potential to leverage over $5 billion of private capital to finance the build of disability housing. Early movers in the SDA market have invested substantial capital to date, seeing the total value of the market currently exceed $2.6 billion. But an ongoing flow of capital is needed to build houses for the estimated 12,000 NDIS participants yet to have SDA funding allocated in their plans. 

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Source:
Sabina Curatolo, 2021, Australia Pro Bono (https://probonoaustralia.com.au/)