THE SDA HOUSING PODCAST

EPISODE Minh sits down with Debbie, to summarise her recently attended trip, and as she spoke at the Perth SDA Conference. Everyone loved her presentation and the information she gave is very beneficial for our listeners to hear as well. We are so proud of our General Manager! She tells us in this episode about who the speakers were at the event, and what she learned from sitting in a room of 90 p...

EPISODE James Loveday from Empowered Liveability joins Minh to share his extensive knowledge about the SDA within the NDIS space with our listeners. Empowered Liveability are a leading housing provider in Melbourne and they offer a disability-led and owned SDA ownership model, the first of its kind in Australia that aids people with a disability to own their own SDA home. Minh and James also speci...

We recently had a visit from one of our Melbourne developers to discuss up-and-coming developments in the area. Minh and Matt decided to sit down and unpack these projects on our podcast to give our listeners insight into what we have in the pipeline. This is an excellent episode for our investors to listen to. If you have any interest in the projects discussed, or just want to learn more, please...

EPISODE On this episode of SDA Unlocked, we were lucky enough to have Dan and Matt from Everhomes join Debbie to give our listeners an in-depth breakdown of the Perth SDA supply and demand. Perth is still a relatively new area within the SDA space, so we believe this is an essential area for our investors to understand. LEAVE US A GOOGLE REVIEW! -- FOLLOW US ON: LinkedIn   Instagram Facebook Twitt...

Clinton Norris (National BDM and Assisted Living Manager) and Oliver Miller (South Australia State Manager and Product Manager) from Hafele, with Nils (Managing Director) and Janz (Regional Sales Manager for Australia Pacific) from Ropox, join Debbie to discuss the two companies and the work they do together, and how their systems are beneficial for both participants and investors. https://ropox.c...

We recently met a SIL Provider organisation in our office, who had listened to many of our podcast episodes for many months. He had come in after being referred to us from a large SDA Provider that we work with closely. Minh and Debbie realised that this person didn't know what we at NDIS PROPERTY AUSTRALIA actually did as a business. His first question was "Are you a Provider?" in...

Group Homes is a topic we have not spoken about thus far, but in this episode, we delve into it, courtesy of a report issued by the Housing Hub. Minh and Debbie sit down with our new team member, Joshua, to introduce him to our listeners, and discuss a recently published report from Housing Hub (linked below). In the report, they discuss Group Homes and why there is a big push to phase these out....

This is part two of last week's HireUp episode, where Minh sits down with Aviva from HireUp's ILO team to discuss what exactly is ILO and why it may be the perfect option for both an investor and a participant. ' Individualised Living Options (ILO) lets you choose how, where and who you live with. For example, you might use your NDIS ILO funding to provide a stipend to a supportive...

HIREUP is a platform that helps connect care workers with participants and helps to find, hire, and manage your team of care workers. HIREUP offers choice and control for participants regarding their care workers while offering below NDIS rates. Debbie sits down with Stephanie and Lowri to discuss the company with 300 staff, managing an online platform of 12,000 users, comprising 6,000 participant...

We often have potential investors come to us with questions surrounding SDA investments and/or an investment opportunity they're considering. This episode is a followup to Episode 104, in which Debbie, Minh, and Eryn answered questions submitted by a potential investor. In this episode, Minh and Matt sit down to answer some more questions from a client. NDIS PROPERTY AUSTRALIA: " To achi...

Keira Nicholson (Director) from Collective Design Agency from Perth,  joins Minh to discuss what her brand. Keira herself is both a Building Designer and an LHA assessor which she discusses in great detail. The two talk about lots of things, that being Keira's profession in this space, and how it came to be so important in her life. She also talks about the market in general for SDA in Perth,...

On this episode of SDA Unlocked, Debbie takes us through the supply and demand data for Parramatta, New South Wales. Parramatta/Westmead is a health and education hub located 26km west of the Sydney CBD. This is a growing area in the SDA space and with the recent launch of the Westmead apartments, we decided this would be an excellent unlocked episode for the month. LEAVE US A GOOGLE REVIEW! -- FO...

Minh sits down with Ryan from QSPEC to discuss the home modifications they are doing/can do, specifically for NDIS participants. Qspec is a good pathway for those who already have an existing home and are looking to make it more accessible. 'Qspec Building and Mobility is a mobility-specific building company specialising in major and minor home modifications for people with mobility and acces...

We often have potential investors come to us with questions surrounding SDA investments and/or an investment opportunity they're considering. Debbie recently received a series of excellent questions regarding various investment topics. We thought it would be very beneficial for our listeners to hear these questions, so Debbie, Minh, and Eryn sat down to answer them on the podcast. NDIS PROPER...

Property Valuations - yep this is the big episode! We have  Matt Garmony from Garmony Property Consultants in Perth, who joins Minh and our regular guest speaker from WA, Dr Angad Singh. This episode is an exciting topic to listen to as Minh and Angad throw lots of questions that we have been wondering, and this is, "what is a valuer thinking when they value an SDA property?" Garmony Pro...

Minh and Debbie sit down to discuss what an investor should be mindful of when purchasing an SDA property from a real estate agent. They bring up some red flags to look out for, especially when dealing with an agent who may not be particularly experienced in SDA. We highly recommend any investors listening to this episode be extremely careful when it comes to their investment decisions. Don't...

Nathan Cain from Freedom Building Design joins Minh to discuss who Freedom are and what they do, and how they're different from other build designers. Freedom are designers first and project managers second, and pride themselves on producing the highest quality designs possible. If a client continues to the project management stage, they will assist every step of the way to ensure the easiest...

EPISODE: Its our 100th episode! Today, we sit down with Debbie, Minh, Eryn, and Matt. We launched our podcast just short of a year ago today, and we're so excited to have reached episode 100 in such a short time. We're incredibly proud of where our podcast is now, with 35 guest speakers so far (& more to come!) and a new sub-series just launched. In this episode, not only do we talk...

Dan Acfield (CEO) from Everhomes joins Minh to discuss what they're doing as a Housing Provider within the QLD space. After seeing first-hand the struggles of participants within the SDA sector, Everhomes was created to help find homes and advocate for participants. Minh and Dan discuss SDA in thin markets (demand and supply in regional areas around Australia). "At Everhomes, we put the...

EPISODE: Today we kick off our new series under the SDA Housing Podcast: SDA Unlocked. This series will be a once-a-month episode – hosted by Debbie – deep diving into supply and demand data in different areas around Australia. Understanding supply and demand data in an area you are considering investing in are vital. On the first episode of SDA Unlocked, Debbie takes us through the supply and dem...

Zoe Simmons, award-winning Melbourne SEO copywriter, journalist, editor and author joins Luba and Eryn to talk about her fight with Qantas when they damaged her wheelchair in October 2022, her personal experience with disability, internalised ableism, how hard it is to get support for invisible disabilities, and inclusivity. This is a great podcast to listen to to better understand the struggles w...

Minh and Matt discuss a range of topics  that our listeners may not know or be aware of when it comes to SDA. These are topics that are less spoken about within the sector as they are complex and unknown usually, and some are things we may not have discussed within our previous podcasts thus far. These were just some random topics we put together on the fly and wanted to bring them up in discussio...

EPISODE: Scott Chapman from Able Digital Wellness joins Minh to discuss how they're improving the lives of participants through their groundbreaking program. Able provides participants exercise videos, recipes, diet advice and mental wellness content to help improve their overall quality of life. To learn more about Able Digital Wellness, visit their website via the link below: https://abledi...

Today we  have Debbie and Kendall sitting down to give an insight to our internal process behind the scenes. We introduce Kendall Staunton for the first time to our listeners; he handles the customer service follow ups here at NDIS PROPERTY AUSTRALIA. He sits down with Debbie to discuss our eBooks and our process of contacting our  enquiries. This episode is a brief description of the process to g...

EPISODE: Traidy Naidoo from Chosen Family joins Debbie to talk about the amazing things this brand new care provider, in West Sydney, is doing within the NDIS space. Chosen Family is providing many different services from support coordination to finding respite, all with the goal of creating a safe and inclusive space for all. Chosen Family is doing incredible work within the LGBTQ+ and disability...