What the form is for
Home and living supports help you live where and how you want. Because they are usually large and long term, the NDIA asks for detailed information before adding them to a plan. The form gives that information in one place.
You, or someone acting for you such as a family member, friend or guardian, can fill it in. A support coordinator, recovery coach or local area coordinator can help.
Which supports it covers
- Supported Independent Living (SIL): help or supervision with daily tasks, usually in a shared home
- Individualised Living Options (ILO): a support package designed around how and where you want to live
- Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA): specially designed housing for people with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs
- Medium Term Accommodation (MTA): short term housing while you wait for your long term home to be ready
When and how to send it
The form does not change your plan by itself. It needs to go in with something that lets the NDIA make a decision:
- Before a scheduled plan reassessment, so the information is ready in time
- With a request for an unscheduled reassessment or a plan variation, if your needs or circumstances have changed in a significant and ongoing way
- With a request for a review of a decision about home and living supports
What evidence to attach
The NDIA needs evidence from allied health professionals. Good evidence is recent and from someone who knows your situation. If you are asking for home and living supports for the first time, it should explain:
- Your daily support and housing needs, including when and how often you need support each day and overnight
- Your functional capacity and how it affects daily life and housing
- Which other home and living options you have looked at, and why they do not meet your disability related needs
If you already have home and living supports
If you want to change supports you already have, your evidence should be dated after your current plan was approved. It should explain what has changed: new things you can or cannot do, changes in your functional capacity, and how that affects your daily life and housing needs.
For SIL, a provider can also complete a roster of care showing a typical week of support. It is not required, but it can help the NDIA understand what you need.
What changed in 2026
Since 27 August 2026 only you, your plan nominee or your guardian can ask for an unscheduled reassessment, and it must be because of a significant and ongoing change. The NDIA has up to 90 days to decide, and if it has not decided by then the request is treated as refused and you can seek a review. Your support coordinator can still help you prepare the form and evidence.
If you receive 24 hour disability support and your plan is reduced by the October 2026 funding reset, a separate high support needs plan variation pathway may apply.
Tips that avoid delays
- Answer every question, even briefly
- Describe a real week, including nights and bad days
- Attach the occupational therapist home and living assessment or functional capacity assessment if you have one
- Explain why cheaper or less intensive options will not work
- Keep a copy of everything you send and the date you sent it