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What Is NDIS Short Term Accommodation?
Short term accommodation (STA) is NDIS funding for a short stay away from your usual carers, with support, so you and your family get time apart. It pays for the support you normally need and standard accommodation, generally for up to 14 days at a time and 28 days a year. It's often called respite, and the NDIA has also called it short term respite.
It's for participants who live with their family or carers, or get daily drop-in support from them, and get more than 6 hours a day of disability-related support. See who can get STA and how many days are funded.
Stays can be in a respite house, a cottage or cabin, a hotel or a host's home. Guests pay for their own meals and activities: here's what STA covers.
How it works
Three Steps to Talking With a Provider
Tell Us What's Needed
Who the stay is for, their age, the kind of stays you want, the support they need and when. About two minutes.
We Find a Provider
We pass your details to one registered short term accommodation provider who may have a stay that suits.
They Get in Touch
The provider contacts you to talk about the support, the dates, the house and what it will cost.
Your details only go to the provider we match you with. If they can't help, we'll find someone who can. More about how it works
Where a Stay Can Happen
STA can be used in any stationary setting that suits the support you need, generally in your home state. It isn't for holidays, cruises or tours.
Respite Houses
A house set up for short stays, with your own room and support workers on hand day and night.
Group Stays and Camps
A few days away with other people, in cabins or a lodge, with the support you need to join in.
Cabins, Cottages and Hotels
Standard accommodation anywhere stationary, with your own support workers.
STA Explained
Plain-English guides, checked against the NDIA's own guideline and the NDIS Pricing Schedule.
- What is STA?What it is, who it's for and what a stay looks like.
- Who can get STAThe 6 hour test, the extra factors and the rules for children.
- How many days?Up to 28 days a year, 14 at a time, and when more is funded.
- What STA coversSupport and standard accommodation. Not meals, activities or holidays.
- STA ratesThe 2026-27 support items and price limits explained.
- STA vs MTA vs SILShort, medium and long term options side by side.
Time Apart That Works Both Ways
The NDIA describes STA as mutually rewarding time apart: a break for the people who support you, and a change of scene for you.
Try New Things
STA can support you while you try a new activity or meet new people.
Keep Doing What You Enjoy
It's funded at the level of support you usually need, so you can keep doing the things you normally do.
A Break for Everyone
Your family or carers get time to rest, so they can keep supporting you.
For Participants and Families
STA just added to the plan, a carer who needs a break, or school holidays coming up? Tell us once and we'll pass it to a registered provider, instead of you ringing around.
Get matchedFor Support Coordinators
Send the age, the kind of stay, the support ratio and any high intensity or behaviour support needs. We pass it to a registered STA provider and let you know who's picking it up.
Refer a participantHow We Choose Providers
We only pass your details to providers who meet all of these.
- Registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- Offer short term accommodation for the person's age group
- May have a stay that suits, now or coming up
- Agree to contact you quickly, and we check that they did
How STA Is Funded
STA is flexible funding in the Core budget of an NDIS plan. Providers claim hourly items for the support and a daily item for the accommodation, up to the maximums in the NDIS Pricing Schedule. Guests pay for their own meals, activities and usually transport.
More on STA fundingQuestions People Ask
Does it cost anything to use this service?
No. It's free for you. Providers pay us when we introduce them to someone, which is how we keep it free. Providers can't charge NDIA-managed or plan-managed participants more than the NDIS price limits.
Are you the NDIS, or a respite provider?
Neither. shorttermaccommodation.net.au is an independent service that connects people with registered short term accommodation providers. We're not part of the NDIA or the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and we don't run houses or provide support.
Do I need STA in my NDIS plan first?
It helps, because STA is paid from the Core budget. If you're still asking for it, get in touch anyway and tell us where things are at. Our guide to getting STA in your plan explains the steps.
Do you list respite vacancies?
No. We pass what you need to registered providers, one at a time, so they can tell you about stays that may suit.
What if the provider can't help?
We pass your details to another registered provider, one at a time, up to 3 in total. Your details never go out to a group of providers at once.
Is this emergency accommodation?
No. If a carer suddenly can't continue, call Carer Gateway on 1800 422 737 at any time about emergency respite. If someone is at immediate risk of harm, call 000.
Ready to Look for a Stay?
It takes about two minutes, and it's free.