Registration groups

NDIS registration group 0131: Specialist disability accommodation

Written by James, creator of Bluetail·Published 15 October 2026

Providing specialist housing for people with extreme functional impairment or very high needs. Here's what group 0131 covers, who registers for it, the 2 support items funded under it, the groups it's often confused with, and the audit it needs.

What 0131 covers

Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA): housing designed for participants with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. The catalogue funds SDA as a quotable amount and a vacancy adjustment.

The NDIS Support Catalogue 2026-27 lists 2 support items under 0131, funded from the Specialised Disability Accommodation (SDA) budget. Leaving out the time-of-day, rate-level and claim-type variants, the supports are:

• Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) - Quotable Amount
• SDA Vacancy - Person-Specific Adjustment

Who registers for 0131

SDA providers who own or manage enrolled SDA dwellings.

SDA must be delivered by a registered provider, and the dwelling must also be enrolled as SDA.

Groups 0131 is often confused with

• 0138 Assistance with supported independent living is the support delivered to people living in the home (SIL), which is a separate registration.
• 0115 Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement covers other shared-living supports, including unplanned onsite shared supports in SDA.

Audit: verification or certification?

0131 is a certification group. You are audited against the NDIS Practice Standards Core Module, plus the Specialist Disability Accommodation Module, in two stages, with an onsite visit, interviews with workers and participants, and a mid-term audit. Your audit type is set by the highest of your groups, so registering for 0131 makes your whole registration a certification audit. See verification vs certification audits, how the NDIS audit works and what a certification audit costs.

Groups often registered alongside 0131

• 0138 Assistance with supported independent living (certification)
• 0115 Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement (certification)

Only register for the groups you actually deliver: every extra group adds to what the auditor checks. Our guide to choosing your NDIS registration groups walks through it.

Documents you need for 0131

A certification audit checks your policies, procedures and records against the Core Module: participant rights, governance and operational management, how you deliver supports, and the environment you deliver them in. The auditor then looks for evidence you follow them, through your records and interviews.

The Bluetail registration pack has 82 editable documents pre-filled with your business details. See the documents you need for NDIS registration and the NDIS provider registration checklist.

Sources: the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's table of registration groups and audit types, and the NDIA's NDIS Support Catalogue 2026-27. This page is general information to help you prepare for registration. It isn't legal or compliance advice and isn't affiliated with the NDIS Commission or the NDIA. Rules and catalogues change, so confirm your groups and audit type with the NDIS Commission when you apply.