Robust SDA homes in Melbourne, built for safety and calm.

Robust is one of the four design categories in the NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation Design Standard. A Robust home is built with reinforced walls, impact-resistant windows and fittings, secure outdoor space, sound reduction and a layout with room for people to step away from each other. It is for participants whose behaviour can put themselves, others or the building at risk, and it is enrolled with the NDIA in that category.

No. Many people in Robust homes have never been involved with the justice system. The category is about behaviour and risk, not legal status: it suits people with intellectual disability, autism or acquired brain injury whose behaviours of concern have made ordinary housing unsafe. We do have particular experience with forensic and complex mental health needs, which helps when a history is complicated.

No. A Robust home is a house, not a secure unit. Any restrictive practice, such as a locked gate or restricted access to a room, must be in your behaviour support plan, authorised under state law and reported to the NDIS Commission. We use the fewest restrictions the plan allows and review them with the aim of reducing them over time. The design is meant to keep you safe without locking you up.

In Morayfield, Queensland, north of Brisbane, run from our Caboolture office. It is purpose-built with two bedrooms, private ensuites and onsite overnight assistance, and it is available now. We do not currently own a Robust home in Victoria, but we help people in Melbourne's south-east secure one from other SDA providers and provide the support inside it, with the same behaviour support team.

Every worker is trained in your behaviour support plan before they start a shift with you. Our positive behaviour support practitioner reviews incident reports, looks for patterns, adjusts strategies and meets the team regularly. Restrictive practices are recorded and reported as the NDIS Commission requires. The point is fewer incidents and fewer restrictions, not better paperwork.

Yes. Our team has supported people on supervision orders, parole and forensic mental health orders, and understands reporting obligations, curfews and conditions. We work alongside case managers and clinicians, attend reviews when asked, and let you know exactly what we are required to share. See our forensic disability accommodation page for more detail.

Fewer than most group homes. Our Morayfield home has two bedrooms, so at most two housemates, each with a private ensuite. The NDIA states the number of residents in your SDA funding, and for Robust homes it is usually small. Compatibility between housemates matters even more in a Robust setting, so we take matching seriously and arrange visits before anyone moves in.

That is the aim. As incidents fall and skills build, we review the roster and the restrictive practices with you and your practitioner. Some people move from Robust SDA to an ordinary SIL home or to living with less support; others stay because the environment is what keeps things stable. Either way, the decision is yours and your plan evidence follows it.