Want to register as an NDIS accommodation provider?
If you provide Supported Independent Living, Respite, Short Term Accommodation, or Specialist Disability Accommodation, we can help you apply for the right NDIS registration pathway with clarity, confidence, and expert support.
For accommodation providers, registration is not just about submitting an application. It is about building the right structure around your housing or support model, preparing documentation that reflects how your service actually operates, and getting ready for a certification-level audit.
Whether you are providing daily living supports in a shared environment, short stays for Participants, or SDA housing for people with very high support needs, we help you approach registration in a way that is commercially practical and audit-ready.
Your registration options may include:
We help accommodation providers prepare tailored policies, supporting documents, and audit readiness systems designed around the way their business actually operates.
Accommodation providers sit at the centre of safety, stability & independence.
For many Participants, the right accommodation arrangement affects every part of daily life. It shapes personal routines, support continuity, safety, health, independence, and long-term wellbeing. That is why accommodation-based services attract a high level of regulatory scrutiny. When your business is responsible for the support environment, the living environment, or both, your systems need to be stronger than those of many other NDIS service models.
Providers in this space are often managing a mix of operational and compliance demands, including staffing, property environments, participant risk, medication or behavioural issues, overnight supports, environmental safety, and safeguarding obligations. On top of that, some businesses are delivering supports only, while others are delivering housing only, and others are trying to manage both. If that structure is not planned properly, registration becomes harder than it needs to be.
We help you build the right registration strategy from the outset so your documentation, systems, and audit preparation actually match the reality of your accommodation business.
We help a wide range of accommodation providers
We work with accommodation businesses at different stages of growth, including:
Some businesses are primarily support providers. Others are primarily property or housing providers. Others are building a combined model that includes both housing and support functions.
Each of those models creates different registration and compliance requirements. Our role is to help you work out the right pathway before you commit time and money to the wrong structure.
Which registration groups apply to accommodation providers?
Accommodation providers generally look at one or both of the following registration groups, depending on what the business will actually deliver.
Assistance with Daily Life Tasks in a Group or Shared Living Arrangement
This sits in the certification stream and is commonly relevant for providers delivering Supported Independent Living, respite-style accommodation supports, or support services in group or shared living settings.
Specialised Disability Accommodation (SDA)
This sits in the certification stream and links to Supplementary Module 5. It is relevant for providers delivering SDA housing for Participants with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs.
0115 is about support environment, not just the roof over someone’s head
If your business is delivering Supported Independent Living, overnight respite, or other supported living arrangements, the core question is whether you can demonstrate safe, person-centred, well-managed support in an accommodation setting. The registration pathway is not just about showing that Participants have somewhere to stay. It is about showing that your organisation can manage the support environment around them properly.
For respite and Short Term Accommodation providers, it is especially important that documentation clearly reflects how short stays are planned, delivered, monitored, and reviewed. A short stay service still needs strong systems around safety, participant compatibility, staffing, routines, and incident response. We help you prepare documentation that reflects these practical realities so your service model stands up to certification audit.
Start your 0115 applicationcover areas such as:
0131 SDA requires a housing-focused compliance framework
Specialist Disability Accommodation is a distinct registration pathway with its own expectations. It is not simply SIL with a different funding label. SDA is about the housing component of the arrangement, which means the provider needs to demonstrate that dwellings, participant rights, tenancy arrangements, certification, enrolment, and ongoing compliance obligations are being managed properly.
Because 0131 sits in the certification stream and links to Supplementary Module 5, the application needs to reflect more than general disability support knowledge. It needs to show that the business understands its obligations as an SDA provider, including the clear separation between housing and support, participant choice and control, and the safeguards that apply to accommodation arrangements.
For many providers, the key challenge is making sure the housing side of the business is documented and structured just as carefully as the support side. We help you prepare for that by building documentation and systems that reflect the obligations of SDA delivery rather than treating them as an add-on after the fact.
When housing and supports sit together, the structure needs to be deliberate.
Some accommodation businesses want to provide both the housing and the supports around it. That can be a strong and viable model, but it also creates more complexity. When one organisation is involved in both sides of the arrangement, the registration strategy needs to show clear thinking around participant choice, operational separation, referral practices, tenancy arrangements, and how conflicts of interest are identified and managed.
This is one of the biggest reasons providers seek specialist support before applying. It is not enough to have good intentions or a good property asset. The business model needs to be capable of withstanding external scrutiny. We help you structure your application and supporting documents so the relationship between housing and support is clear, defensible, and aligned with participant safeguards.
Registered status can strengthen the credibility and growth of your accommodation business
For accommodation providers, registration is about more than meeting a regulatory requirement. It is also about creating confidence in the market. Participants, families, support coordinators, and referrers want to know that an accommodation provider has strong systems, recognises risk, and is operating within a recognised quality and safeguarding framework.
Registration can help your business:
Build trust with Participants, families, and referrers.
Referrers prioritise providers operating within a recognised quality and safeguarding framework.
Strengthen credibility in a competitive market.
Stand out from unregistered operators when tendering or being referred by coordinators.
Demonstrate alignment with recognised standards.
Demonstrate clear alignment with NDIS Practice Standards and safeguarding obligations.
Support growth into more complex accommodation models.
Registration is the foundation for expanding into shared living, SDA dwellings or combined models.
Improve long-term operational discipline and audit readiness.
Audit-ready systems improve the day-to-day discipline of your service delivery, long after audit.
Where your business is responsible for the daily support environment or for specialised housing outcomes, those things matter. We help you build the systems and documentation that support that level of confidence.
We are your NDIS registration experts
Your dedicated consultant starts with a kick-off call to understand your accommodation model, the services you want to deliver, whether you are applying for 0115, 0131, or both, and how your business is currently structured. We use that information to shape a registration pathway that fits the commercial and operational reality of your business.
From there, we prepare a tailored first draft of your application and supporting documentation, including your policy suite, based on the registration groups and modules that actually apply to your accommodation model. We do not hand over generic templates and leave you to work out how they fit. We tailor the documentation to your staffing structure, governance framework, property environment, housing and support arrangements, and audit pathway.
We then make unlimited changes to your documentation so your business processes align with the prepared policies and procedures, and we coach you on how to use those documents during the audit process. If your application includes 0131 Specialised Disability Accommodation, we also help ensure the documentation properly reflects the expectations of Supplementary Module 5.
If you do not pass your audit based on the documentation we prepare for you as part of our consultancy service, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee in relation to our fees.
How we help accommodation providers get registered.
We identify the right registration pathway
We help you determine whether your business should apply for 0115, 0131, or both, based on the services you actually intend to provide.
We prepare your tailored documentation
We prepare a tailored first draft of your application, policy suite, and supporting documents based on your accommodation model and audit pathway.
We align your systems with the relevant standards
We refine the documentation so it reflects your actual operations, staffing arrangements, housing environment, and governance systems.
We prepare you for certification audit
Because both 0115 and 0131 sit in the certification stream, we help you prepare for the certification audit process with practical guidance on what auditors are likely to assess.
We support you through the process
From first consultation through to submission support and audit readiness, we help you move forward with more clarity and fewer avoidable mistakes.
Why accommodation providers choose Avaana
Accommodation providers do not need generic registration advice. They need a pathway that fits the way accommodation services are actually delivered. That means understanding the difference between SIL supports and SDA housing, knowing when 0115 is the right fit, understanding when 0131 and Supplementary Module 5 apply, and preparing documentation that reflects the day-to-day reality of staffing, participant supports, environments, and housing-related responsibilities.
That is where we add value. We help you build a registration strategy that matches your service model, support environment, housing structure, risk profile, and growth goals. Whether you are launching a new accommodation service, expanding into SIL, building an SDA portfolio, or combining housing and support delivery, we help you approach registration in a way that is structured, credible, and commercially sensible.
What our registration support includes
- A dedicated consultant throughout the process
- Kick-off call to understand your accommodation model and goals
- Guidance on the most suitable registration groups for your business
- Tailored first draft of your application and supporting documents
- Customised policy suite aligned with your services and modules
- Unlimited changes as your systems are refined
- Guidance on certification preparation.
- Support to understand what the auditor is likely to assess
- Introductions to Approved Quality Auditors so you can obtain quotes
- A 100% money-back guarantee if you do not pass your audit based on the documentation we prepare as part of our consultancy service
SIL & SDA registration, answered.
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Book free consultationWhat is the difference between SIL and SDA?
Does 0115 sit in the certification stream?
Does 0131 sit in the certification stream?
Can one business apply for both 0115 and 0131?
Do SDA providers need separate systems from support providers?
Can Avaana help if I’m starting from scratch?
Build your NDIS accommodation business the right way.
If you want to register for 0115 Assistance with Daily Life Tasks in a Group or Shared Living Arrangement in the certification stream, or 0131 Specialised Disability Accommodation in the certification stream, linked to Supplementary Module 5, we are ready to help.
Book your free consultation today and let us help you build the documentation, systems, and audit readiness needed to move toward registration with confidence.
* Money-back guarantee applies in relation to our fees where you do not pass your audit based on the documentation we prepare as part of our consultancy service.