{"id":3712,"date":"2026-04-29T09:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:58:03","slug":"160k-ndis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/160k-ndis\/","title":{"rendered":"160,000 people have withdrawn from NDIS, indicating that the logic behind investing in Australia is beginning to change."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian government&#039;s recent announcement of reforms to the National Disability Assessment System (NDIS) has once again brought the issue into focus. The reforms will tighten eligibility criteria, potentially shifting from a &quot;diagnosis-based&quot; to a &quot;functional assessment-based&quot; approach. It is estimated that approximately 160,000 participants may no longer qualify for NDIS. \u26a0\ufe0f While there is currently no data showing how many of these individuals are directly involved in the Special Accounts and Disability Assessment (SDA), this policy signal is sufficient to prompt investors to reassess the associated risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, many projects in the Australian real estate market have used NDIS\/SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation) as a selling point, highlighting &quot;high rents\ud83d\udcb0&quot;, &quot;government support\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f&quot; and &quot;stable cash flow\ud83d\udcc8&quot;, which seem very attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, investors must understand that: NDIS is Australia&#039;s system to support eligible disabled persons; SDA is specialized housing for people with extremely high support needs. It is not ordinary rental property, much less &quot;government-subsidized rental&quot; \u274c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a buyer&#039;s broker, ANP will not readily involve clients in such products. This is because SDA&#039;s income does not follow the property itself, but rather the purchase of the property by &quot;eligible tenants,&quot; which does not guarantee that there will be tenants; and while there are rental forecasts, they do not guarantee that the final return will be realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to ask the following questions before investing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Is there a real demand in this area?<br>\ud83d\udc49 Are there already suitable guests?<br>\ud83d\udc49 Is the operator reliable?<br>\ud83d\udc49 Who is responsible for the vacancy period?<br>\ud83d\udc49 How are management fees, provider fees, and maintenance fees calculated?<br>\ud83d\udc49 Will the resale market be sufficient in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcca In short:<br>SDA is not simply a &quot;high-return property,&quot; but an investment product that is highly dependent on policy, qualifications, demand, and operating structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcac I&#039;d also like to hear from everyone:<br>Have you ever purchased an SDA but been unable to rent it out for an extended period of time?<br>Or, after deducting management fees, maintenance fees, and provider fees, the actual return is far lower than expected?<br>Feel free to leave a comment or send a private message to share your experience anonymously.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u8fd1\u65e5\u6fb3\u6d32\u653f\u5e9c\u5ba3\u5e9c\u7684 NDIS \u6539\u9769\u518d\u6210\u7126\u9ede\uff0c\u5c07\u6703\u6536\u7dca\u8cc7\u683c\u5be9\u6838\uff0c\u672a\u4f86\u6216\u7531\u300c\u8a3a\u65b7\u70ba\u672c\u300d\u6539\u70ba\u300c\u529f\u80fd\u8a55\u4f30\u70ba\u672c\u300d\uff0c\u9810\u8a08\u7d04 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3714,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions\/3714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}