Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new plan.
The Disability Strategy, which acts as a framework for policy commitments from state and federal governments, will include an additional homelessness priority area, commitment to a new community engagement plan and three fresh action plans.
It was unveiled by National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Minister Amanda Rishworth in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations chief executive Ross Joyce said translating the plan into action was key for any real changes to people's lives.
Mr Joyce said a large proportion of Australian homes were inaccessible for disabled people, leading them to become homeless.
"People with a disability are having to take up rentals with other people in shared accommodation which is highly inappropriate as they have a right to their own space and own home," he said.
It was "about time" the government showed leadership and appointed a disability minister to cabinet, Mr Joyce added.
He said outside of the NDIS, there was little support for disabled people.
Homelessness Australia chief executive Kate Colvin said the updated plan recognised the "enormous barriers" faced by people with disabilities.
"People with poor mental health and psychosocial disabilities often need support to sustain their housing, and a home they can afford, but neither support, nor low-cost housing, is available," she said.
Ms Rishworth said it was a commitment of the Albanese government to create more accessible housing.
The review was led by an advisory council, chaired by Jane Spring, who says the peak bodies and disabled community are looking for better co-ordination of services.
"The previous strategy, there was a lot of goodwill, but it was lots of different activities from states and territories, and it wasn't particularly co-ordinated," she told AAP.
"They also want service co-design by people with disabilities in design, implementation and governance."
Ms Spring said three new targeted action plans would include better housing services, a plan for safety, rights and justice for Australians with disabilities and a commitment to better data collection.
"People with disabilities have a lot of intersectional experience, they could be Aboriginal or LGBTQ, but all of those things compound disadvantage," Ms Spring said.
"So we're going to work hard on the data and reporting to get visibility because we need to understand the pattern of disadvantage so that we can do better to address it."
The strategy review was one of 222 recommendations from the landmark disability royal commission.
Ten months after the report was released, the government committed to fully implementing just 13 of the recommendations.
Of the total recommendations, the government has full or joint responsibility for 172 and said 130 were accepted "in principle".
Peak bodies and community leaders were disappointed in the government's response to the commission, arguing it needed stronger action.
“People with disability have waited almost a year for the government to release its response and it unfortunately comes without a clear plan for action or road map for implementation," disability discrimination commissioner Rosemary Kayess said in August.
"Australia needs to reframe how it thinks about disability."
More than five million Australians live with a disability.
