For SDA providers

In this section, you will find information about:

• Obligations of SDA providers - what you need to do
  Find out about the types of agreements available for SDA, how to set one up, and what you must notify us of.
• Resources for SDA providers
  Download the agreements and information statements, including Easy English versions. Find online forms for notifying us of new SDA agreements and other notices. See a flowchart for starting an agreement.
• Starting an agreement with an SDA resident
  Read the steps to enter into and establish agreements, and add extra terms.
• Exceptional agreement orders
  Find out about exceptional agreement orders that allow VCAT to waive the requirement that an SDA residency agreement must be made before an SDA resident moves into an SDA dwelling.
• Notifying us of SDA agreements and notices
  Find out how and when to notify us when you start an agreement or give your resident an SDA notice, such as a Notice of temporary relocation.
• Main differences between the types of agreements
  Compare SDA residency agreements and Residential rental agreements.
• Schedule 4 validation of SDA residency agreements
• Rental payments in SDA
  Find out how much rent you can ask a resident to pay and how often. Includes a breakdown of ‘Reasonable rent contribution’.
• Checklists for SDA providers
  Print this page for step-by-step instructions on starting an agreement and your obligations as an SDA provider.
• Existing residential statements
  Read about what happens to existing residential statements under the Disability Act 2006.
• Organisations that can help SDA providers
  A list of organisations, their contact details and what they can help you with.

In this section, you will find information about:

• Responsibilities of SDA providers during a residency
  Information about your rights and responsibilities, including breach of duty and house rules.
• Repairs and maintenance
  Read about repairs and maintenance processes, including when you must fix urgent and non-urgent repairs.
• Rent, bonds and other costs
  Explains responsibilities for rent, bond and other costs, such as bills.
• Community visitors, record keeping and entry rights
  Read about what community visitors do, your obligations for record keeping, and how and when you can enter the resident's room or the property.
• Notices during an SDA residency
  See a list of notices you can give your resident, and your resident can give you.
• Extending an agreement in SDA
  Information about how you and the resident can extend the agreement.