NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation
m5-7.1 SDA tenancy management: adherence to the SDA Conditions Rules
Clause and reference m5-7.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider can show it adheres to the requirements set by the NDIS (Specialist Disability Accommodation Conditions) Rules 2018 in its tenancy management.
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
- Internal audit or self-assessment against the SDA Conditions Rules with actions closed
- Notifications made to the Commission or NDIA under the SDA Conditions Rules
- Tenancy management procedure referencing each SDA Conditions Rules obligation
What assessors commonly find
- No one accountable for SDA Conditions Rules compliance
- Self-assessment years out of date
What evidence do I need?
For m5-7.1 SDA tenancy management: adherence to the SDA Conditions Rules, the evidence to bring is: Internal audit or self-assessment against the SDA Conditions Rules with actions closed. It sits under Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation and our reference for it is m5-7.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me internal audit or self-assessment against the SDA Conditions Rules with actions closed, 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