NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation
m5-7.8 SDA tenancy management: tenancy notices and right to review
Clause and reference m5-7.8, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider follows state or territory requirements for tenancy-related notices, and each participant knows of any right to seek review of a decision.
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
- Copies of tenancy notices issued with dates, grounds and notice periods
- Notice templates checked against the relevant state or territory tenancy law
- Information given to participants about tribunal or other review avenues
What assessors commonly find
- Notice periods shorter than state law requires
- Notices do not mention the right to seek review
What evidence do I need?
For m5-7.8 SDA tenancy management: tenancy notices and right to review, the evidence to bring is: Copies of tenancy notices issued with dates, grounds and notice periods. It sits under Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation and our reference for it is m5-7.8. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me copies of tenancy notices issued with dates, grounds and notice periods, 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