Livable Housing Livable Housing Australia (LHA) is a not-for-profit organisation established to promote the benefits of Livable housing design to the residential design and construction industry. LHA is a partnership between industry, community and consumer groups and governments. A Home designed under the Livable Housing Guidelines incorporates key features that aim to make a dwelling easier and safer to live in for all occupants including people with disability, ageing population, people with temporary injuries and families with young children.

The Livable Housing Guidelines describe 15 living design elements. The performance levels can be applied to all newly built and renovated detached and semi-detached houses, terraces and townhouses and apartment dwellings. The Livable Housing Design Quality Mark is issued subject to accreditation of your building project by LHA. Your project can be certified by LHA to Silver, Gold or Platinum Status. Assessment can be done at the design and as-built stages of the development. Most NDIS Specialist Disability Accomodations require compliance with either Silver or Platinum level of LHA guidelines.

Farah Madon and Vanessa Griffin are both Licensed Livable Housing Design Assessors.

The Fourth version of the Livable Housing Guidelines was realeased on the 1st of July 2017.

Click here to download a free copy of the guidelines document.

Livable Housing Projects

Our team has extensive experience with desktop assessments of design as well as as-built assessments for compliance with LHA’s Silver, Gold and Platinum level.

Our Clients specifically for LHA Assessments include, Stockland, Eden Brae Homes, Achieve Australia and Urban Growth NSW (NSW Government) to name a few.

Our current and on-going projects dealing with LHA / NDIS SDA are listed below

Vista Access Architects

Disability Access

SEPP Seniors Living

Adaptable Housing

NDIS SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation)

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