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Better homes, better lives for people with disability.

The Summer Foundation invests in identifying, designing and scaling up great ideas that deliver better housing and living solutions for Australians with disability who need access to 24/7 support.

What we do

Research

Co-design

Policy

Innovation

Research

We are home to one of Australia’s leading disability research teams. Through our partnership with La Trobe University, our research delivers a practical and rigorous evidence base to transform housing and living options for people with disability who need access to 24/7 support.

Our research team consists of academics and clinicians working on more than 25 projects across the disability, health and housing sectors. The team collaborates with universities and government, with findings regularly published in reports, conferences and peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Innovation

We identify and rigorously test good housing and living support ideas and refine and scale up great ideas in partnership with the best and brightest minds. 

We want to build on our strong evidence base by partnering with people with disability and like-minded organisations, including universities, technology innovators and service providers, to deliver better housing and living solutions for people who need access to 24/7 support.


Latest news

Research that drives change

Eight Summer Foundation researchers presented at the 7th Pacific Rim Conference, sharing insights on support, inclusion and innovation in brain injury and disability. Emeritus Professor Jacinta Douglas was also awarded the INS Career Mentoring Award for her contributions to mentorship in the field.
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Lived Experience Profile – Meet Pete

You might recognise Pete from the Summer Foundation’s recent report Moving Out, Moving On. Pete lives in an Individualised Living Arrangement with his housemate Simon in Perth, and also runs his own gardening service. Read about the chance meeting that led Pete to start his business and a few of his passions outside of work.
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