I recently had the privilege of attending the launch of Accessible Homes Australia’s (AHA) new SDA project, Urraween Village in Hervey Bay.
With the support of a commercial loan from Bank Australia, AHA is constructing 12 single-level, 2 bedroom SDA villas. These homes will allow NDIS participants to live with family or friends and contain accessible features such as a 24/7 onsite support, a hydro pool and rehabilitation gym.
This is AHA’s first SDA project in regional QLD and will deliver much-needed disability accommodation to the market, with Hervey Bay having double the state average of individuals with a severe disability.
The Impact Lending team at Bank Australia has supported AHA since its establishment, providing loans to help fund its 3 existing SDA apartment projects in the Gold Coast.
These dwellings currently house 18 people with a disability, including Jason Parker, a resident at AHA’s Hope Island property. Before Jason moved into his custom-built apartment, he spent 12 years staying between hospitals and his parent’s house.
Jason recently spoke to the Hervey Bay Advertiser about his experience moving into an AHA home:
“I had lost the concept of having more than one room to call my own and often felt like a guest in someone else’s home.
As a double amputee, your greatest fear is falling, but I know in my AHA apartment everything has a place, it allows me to move around freely, and its where I’m safest.
I feel like part of a family and I know I have reliable people to call on 24/7 whenever there is a need.”
We look forward to funding Urraween Village through to completion and to AHA delivering more life-changing, best practice accessible housing to areas in need.
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