If you take a Specialist Disability Accommodation contract to your solicitor, expect questions. In some cases, expect caution. That is not a bad sign. It is a solicitor doing exactly what you engaged them to do: examine an unfamiliar asset class carefully and make sure you understand what you are signing. The right response is not to look for a lawyer who asks fewer questions....Read More
It is one of the most common hesitations we hear from buyers looking at existing Specialist Disability Accommodation dwellings: the property comes with a one year lease, and a single year of contracted income feels short for an asset you intend to hold for a decade or more. The concern is understandable. It is also worth putting in context, because a lease term in SDA...Read More
There is a friction point in Specialist Disability Accommodation delivery that almost no investor hears about until it delays their project: NDIS assessors and building surveyors are two separate approval processes, and they do not automatically agree with each other. When they align, a build moves. When they do not, it stalls. Understanding why is one of the more useful things an SDA investor can...Read More
Investors are asking this question, and they should be. The honest answer is that the scheme is in a period of review and reform, that this creates genuine uncertainty, and that buyer activity has continued through it. All three of those things are true at once. Here is what is worth understanding. Why the Question Comes Up The NDIS has been under sustained policy attention:...Read More
A fully occupied Specialist Disability Accommodation dwelling is one where every place designed for a participant is filled by an eligible participant with SDA funding in place. It matters because occupancy is what turns an SDA dwelling from a building into an income producing asset. Occupancy Equals Income In SDA, the income is attached to the participants living in the dwelling, not to a lease...Read More
