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What is Individualised Living Options (ILO)?

It's living on your terms.

Individualised Living Options (ILO) is an NDIS support that enables you to choose the home you’d like to live in and set up support that’s right for you.

Hireup suppor worker Goran's profile picture.
Hireup suppor worker Goran's profile picture.

What is ILO? 

Individualised Living Options (ILO) is support to live the way that suits you.

This can include: in-home supports, a host living arrangement, living alone with support from neighbours, family, friends or community members.

Using your ILO funding, you can: 

Client Mick and support worker Maddy laughing together.

Explore different ways to live, with a host, housemate or alone. 

Client Sam using the Hireup app on her phone.

Design your supports to help you live the way you choose.

ILO funding does not pay for a house, which makes it different to Specialised Disability Accommodation (SDA), which is bricks-and-mortar housing for people with extreme physical or functional impairment.

What are the benefits of ILO? 

  • Greater flexibility with fewer restrictions than other funding types. 
  • Choose where you live and who you live with. 
  • Access stable and consistent supports. 

Who typically uses ILO? 

Generally, ILO is for people:

  • with disability over the age of 18
  • who need more than six hours of help at home every day
  • who are ready to explore their home and living needs
  • who are willing to put in time and effort to design their future home.

ILO is beneficial for those moving out of the family home or a group home. 

Here's how Hireup can help

We can work with you and your support network to design your ideal living solution and access the funding to make it a reality.

Expert help and advice

Our Home and Living Consultants can help with all stages of your ILO journey:

✔ Apply for ILO funding

✔ Stage one: Exploration and Design

✔ Stage two: Implementation and Monitoring

Hireup support worker Jane is kneeling beside Kiera's wheelchair. They smile with their arms linked. Kiera wears a sage knit jumper, while Jane wears a lilac activewear top. They are on a paved beach walk. Beachfront houses and a grey-looking sea appear in the background.  

Trusted verified support

We're a NDIS-registered provider of ILO supports, meaning:

✔ All Hireup workers complete the NDIS Worker Screening Check (or equivalent).

✔ You get comprehensive insurance with every booking.

✔ We monitor incident reports 24 hours a day.

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Next: Are you eligible for ILO?

Read our guide to the eligibility criteria for ILO and take our eligibility quiz.

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