NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation
m5-6.3 SDA enrolment: dwellings kept in good repair for safety, security and privacy
Clause and reference m5-6.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Enrolled dwellings are in good repair and properly maintained, with regard to the safety, security and privacy of the residents.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Planned maintenance schedule and completed maintenance and repair logs for each dwelling
- Periodic dwelling inspection reports with defects and close-out dates
- Repair request log with response times for urgent and non-urgent repairs
What assessors commonly find
- Urgent repairs such as broken locks left open for weeks
- Inspections done but defects not tracked to completion
What evidence do I need?
For m5-6.3 SDA enrolment: dwellings kept in good repair for safety, security, the evidence to bring is: Planned maintenance schedule and completed maintenance and repair logs for each dwelling. It sits under Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation and our reference for it is m5-6.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me planned maintenance schedule and completed maintenance and repair logs for each dwelling, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading