This study investigated the interconnections between housing, community infrastructure and quality of life for Indigenous people living with disability.

This project examines access to appropriate housing for Indigenous people with a disability living in stage one areas of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The condition and location of housing and the availability and suitability of housing modifications and community infrastructure will be assessed.

The project found that the way contracts for procurement are designed can play an important role in enhancing or creating positive social and economic outcomes (such as employment, education and community capacity building) as part of the construction process. By contrast, mainstream housing procurement contracts driven by economic imperatives (including minimising financial risk and maximising...