The Special Assistance Subsidy (SAS) is a rental subsidy paid to people with a disability or HIV/AIDS to ensure that they are not financially disadvantaged while they wait for suitable public housing.
People with HIV/AIDS may decide not to wait for an offer of public housing and choose to receive a rental subsidy as their long term housing option.
To be eligible to receive the Special Assistance Subsidy you must:
- meet public housing eligibility criteria;
- be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and meet the priority housing eligibility criteria; or
- have a disability and be approved for priorpty housing.
More information can be found by reading Housing NSW’s policies on Special Assistance Subsidy – Disability and Special Assistance Subsidy – Special.