{"id":220,"date":"2021-01-18T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T00:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excelsiorhousing.com.au\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:19:15","slug":"what-is-sda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/excelsiorhousing.com.au\/franklin\/?page_id=220","title":{"rendered":"What is Specialist Disability Accommodation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA is housing designed for people with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. It is the <strong>home itself<\/strong> \u2014 the bricks, mortar and accessible design \u2014 not the support delivered inside it. 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