Our SDA Partners are identified and selected following a thorough due diligence process to assess depth of knowledge of the sector and the needs of their tenant cohort.

MySAS’ existing relationships with our current partners establish a foundation from which we seek to grow.

SDA Partners

AccessAccom

Established in 2017, AccessAccom is a leading provider of premium SDA and pioneer of the onsite shared support model, integrating accessible apartments into new developments across NSW. Lead by Directors Matthew Valenti and Helen Wood, they are a dedicated operator, supporting people with disabilities to live independently by providing high-quality, tailored housing solutions.

As an early entrant into the sector and with in-house capability in tenant matching and property management services, AccessAccom understands the importance of having a safe, suitable, and comfortable place to call home. With a wide range of SDA options available, they currently have 59 SDA places in operation and a further 45 well-located SDA apartment places in the pipeline across NSW.

AccessAccom Website

Apollo SDA

Apollo SDA develops Specialist Disability Accommodation that is collaborative in its design, participant focused and balances privacy with community and aesthetics with function. Apollo SDA works closely with Participants and their support network, to design and build homes that are tailored to their specific needs. Its design criteria exceed the NDIS Design Standards, with additional design features included to improve sensory, functional, health, financial, recreational and community outcomes for Participants.

Apollo SDA’s mission, to help people with a disability find their dream home is a deeply personal one, rooted in the lived experience of its founders, who understand the challenges and struggles of finding disability housing options for much-loved family members. Apollo SDA has national reach with teams working across Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, NT and South Australia to deliver wonderful homes for people with a disability or complex care needs.

Apollo SDA Website

Habilitas

Based in WA, Habilitas is a specialist property developer of housing for people wishing to live in their own home with independence and remain connected to their communities. It was founded by John Cameron and Todd Paterson in 2020 to provide an end-to-end services offering to address the undersupply in WA.

One of their philosophies is to design for participants’ best interests whilst also considering the operational and functional design requirements of care providers. Their purpose is to fill the missing link between participants and their future accommodation requirements. Habilitas enables participants to live comfortably and independently and connects developers with end users within the NDIS landscape.

Habilitas Website

Summer Foundation

Summer Foundation is a sister organisation and tenancy matching partner for Summer Housing.

Summer Foundation is engaged to provide services to Summer Housing and MySAS does not have a direct relationship with the organisation. Established in 2006, Summer Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to resolve the issue of young people living in nursing homes and residential aged care.

Summer Foundation Website

Summer Housing

In April 2017, Summer Foundation formed a not-for-profit sister organisation, Summer Housing, to provide quality, bespoke SDA housing options for people with disability living in, or at risk of admission to, residential aged care (particularly younger people).

Summer Housing’s model has now grown into a more scalable model with design and technology specific for people with disability that enables independence and community inclusion. Their current model is to ‘salt and pepper’ ten SDA apartments within an apartment complex built to High Physical Support and Fully Accessible specifications, with an additional unmodified apartment for an office to provide 24 hour onsite overnight assistance to tenants. Its goal was to commission 300 SDA Dwellings for people with disability, which was reached in January 2020.

Summer Housing Website

Youngcare

Youngcare is a national not-for-profit, that is addressing the issue of young people with severe physical disabilities, living in inappropriate housing, such as aged care, long stay hospital and rehabilitation centres. It was established in 2005 and the inspiration for its foundation came after the wife of one of the founders, developed multiple sclerosis at a young age and was forced to live in aged care, as it was the only place that could provide for her 24/7 care needs.

Today, Youngcare builds homes for young people with complex supports needs, it funds much needed Grants programs to keep young people from entering inappropriate accommodation, it provides a phone support line helping people navigate the disability and NDIS sector and it is an advocate for change in government policy and in communities.

MySAS has partnered with Youngcare to access and understand its knowledge and experience, in providing a positive impact for people with high care needs, from its shared housing model. Together MYSAS and Youngcare have a network of developers, architects, planners and builders, to deliver quality housing for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) tenants.

With Youngcare’s guidance, MySAS will provide young people with severe physical disabilities with choice, dignity and control via its SDA housing, across the country.

Youngcare Website