Advocacy groups estimate 1,140 NDIS participants, like Alicia, are stuck in hospitals waiting for specialist housing plans to be signed off or for disputes to be resolved.
Under the NDIS, high-needs participants such as Ms Appleby can get specially designed homes under a program called Specialist Disability Accommodation .
Ms Appleby was told that if she disagreed with the plan funding she could "put in for a review" with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.She has lodged a review, becoming one of the 4,480 Australians forced to go to tribunals to appeal funding cuts or refusals relating to their NDIS plans during 2021 — more than three times the number of cases in 2020.
Mr Naughtin said it was frustrating that thousands of people were sitting in hospital or nursing home beds waiting for appropriate accommodation, while many houses and units were sitting empty.
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