NDIS- Home Modifications

What does the NDIS mean by NDIS- Home Modifications?

NDIS- Home modifications are custom-built changes to a participant’s home to help them access and use areas of their home, they can be minor changes, or they can be more complex.

Home modifications have 2 categories:

Category A -minor home modifications cost under $10,000.
Category B -minor home modifications cost between $10,000 and $20,000, or they involve minor modifications to a bathroom floor. These are funded using a set NDIS budget based on current market costs in MMM1 locations using the Modified Monash Model (MMM).
Complex home modifications usually need building approvals or permissions, and certification of work such as plumbing and electrical works. They may involve highly complex or technical works or impact several areas of a participant’s home.

Home modification (HM) assessments

The NDIA needs sufficient evidence to decide which home modification supports are reasonable and necessary to include in a participant’s plan. A home modifications assessor is an occupational therapist with skills to provide detailed and complex home modifications assessments.

Plans include funding for a home modification assessment and should also include advice on the scope of the home modification to be assessed (for example, improved access to the bathroom).

Does the home modification relate to your disability?

The NDIS can only fund home modifications if they relate to your disability. The NDIS will look at how the home modification will help you do things you find difficult because of your disability.

Also, the NDIS don’t fund home modifications that aren’t related to your disability. These might include renovations, restorations or repairs, or changes to your home layout if they don’t relate to your disability support needs.

The NDIS generally don’t fund the following features:

Cosmetic finishes for fixtures, fittings, or materials, like tiles or tapware
Swimming pools and spas, including hydrotherapy
Modifications that make your house bigger, like adding another storey
Repairs to pre-existing damage to your home outside the immediate area where you need home modifications
Insurance premiums to insure your home after it has been modified
Standard living costs or routine repairs and maintenance that landlords or homeowners are usually responsible for
Fixing home modifications that don’t comply with the National Construction Code or relevant Australian standardsAlso learn about:
Capital Supports
How Occupational Therapy can assist you if you have a disability?

Also, if you are unsure always contact the NDIS or ask one of our Plan Managers at Plan Manage Assist to assist you 1300 199 960. enquiries@planmanageassist.com.au