You can enter into or establish an agreement with your specialist disability accommodation (SDA) provider.
You should enter into or establish the agreement before you move in. For what to do in exceptional circumstances where you are already living in an SDA dwelling before an SDA residency agreement is signed, read Exceptional agreement orders.
Entering into an SDA residency agreement
You can enter into an SDA residency agreement if you:
- understand the agreement and its information statement, and
- can sign the agreement.
The steps for this are:
1. Your provider gives you a copy of the agreement and its information statement.
2. Your provider explains the agreement and its information statement to you. They must explain all your rights and duties in a way that you understand. You can still have a support person to help you understand the information. If you do not have one, your provider can ask someone to support you. The support person cannot work for your provider.
3. You and your provider sign the agreement. There must be at least 7 days between when your provider gave you the information statement and when you both sign the agreement.
Establishing an SDA residency agreement
An SDA agreement can be established if you:
- need a support person to help you understand the agreement and its information statement, and
- cannot sign the agreement because of your disability.
The steps for this are:
1. Your provider gives you a copy of the agreement and its information statement.
2. Your provider explains the agreement and its information statement to you. They must explain all your rights and duties in a way that you understand. If reasonable this must be both orally and in writing.
3. If it would help you, your provider must also give a copy of the agreement and its information statement to your support person and explain it to them. Your support person can then help explain it to you. If you don’t have a support person, they can help find one for you as long as the support person does not work for them.
4. Your provider signs the agreement. There must be at least 7 days between when your provider gave you and your support person the information statement and when they sign the agreement.
Entering into a residential rental agreement
People across 桃色视频 use a residential rental agreement to rent standard homes.
It is your choice, not the provider’s choice, whether you want an SDA residency agreement or a residential rental agreement.
It’s important you understand the difference between an SDA residency agreement and a residential rental agreement before choosing to enter into a standard residential rental agreement.
There are 2 types of residential rental agreements:
- a short-term agreement of 5 years or less.
- a long-term agreement of more than 5 years.
For more information, go to Residential rental agreements.
You can enter into this type of agreement if you:
- understand the agreement and its information statement, and
- can sign the agreement.
The steps for this are:
1. Your provider gives you and your support person a copy of the agreement and its information statement.
2. Your provider explains the agreement and its information statement. They must explain all your rights and duties in a way that you understand.
3. You and the provider sign the agreement. There must be at least 7 days between when your provider gave you the information statement and when you both sign the agreement.
4. Your provider gives you and your support person a copy of the signed agreement within 14 days of signing.
5. Your provider gives you a copy of our Renters Guide on the day you move into the home, or before. This guide has renting information for the beginning, middle and end of a rental agreement.
If you have signed a residential rental agreement and your SDA provider does not give you the required information statement, you can end the agreement.
Additional terms
Your provider must use the correct SDA residency agreement or residential rental agreement form from our website. To download the agreements, go to Resources for residents.
Your provider cannot create their own agreement, but they can include extra terms as long as these terms are not banned and do not take away any of your rights under the law. If a term does, it is invalid. The provider may also face penalties.