Eden Housing · SDA Toolkit
Turn housing concerns into clear, useful information.
Use these prompts to organise your housing history, goals, accessibility needs and preferred living arrangement before a home and living conversation.
Four toolkit modules
Build your housing story in manageable parts
You can work through these prompts with a family member, advocate, support coordinator or treating professional.
Current housing
- Where and who do you live with now?
- What works well in the current home?
- What barriers, risks or restrictions occur?
- How does the home affect daily activities?
Support and access needs
- What help is required throughout the day?
- Which tasks are difficult or unsafe?
- What equipment or home features are used?
- What would help supports be delivered safely?
Goals and outcomes
- What would greater independence look like?
- Which relationships and routines matter?
- How should housing support health and safety?
- What study, work or community goals are affected?
Housing preferences
- Preferred suburbs and community connections
- House, apartment, villa or other dwelling type
- Who to live with, privacy and shared spaces
- Accessibility, technology, pets and lifestyle
How to use it
Prepare, discuss, then refine
1. Capture lived experience
Write concrete examples from everyday life rather than relying only on broad statements.
2. Share with the right people
Use your notes to help relevant professionals understand the actual housing and support context.
3. Keep it current
Update the brief when needs, risks, supports, preferences or housing circumstances change.
Conversation prompts
Questions that make a housing brief more specific
“What happens when…?”
Describe what occurs during transfers, personal care, meal preparation, overnight support, emergencies or community access.
“How often is support needed?”
Record frequency, timing, duration, supervision and whether needs change across different days.
“Why does this feature matter?”
Connect a proposed feature—such as circulation space or automation—to a functional need or safety outcome.
“What has already been explored?”
Note home modifications, assistive technology and other housing or support options considered, including their limitations.
Common questions
About this housing toolkit
Do I need to complete every prompt?
No. Start with the areas that are most relevant. The goal is clear and useful information, not filling every space.
Can a support coordinator complete it for me?
A support coordinator can help organise information within their role, but the participant’s lived experience, preferences and consent should remain central.
Does using the toolkit mean SDA will be funded?
No. The toolkit does not determine eligibility or guarantee funding. It helps prepare questions and information for the official process.
Talk with Eden Housing
Want help organising a housing conversation?
Tell us what stage you are at and who is already supporting the participant.
General information only. This resource does not replace current NDIA guidance or professional advice.