Since ILOs were successfully piloted last year, around 1,000 people around Australia have received ILO funding, with about another 1,000 currently in the process.
HireUp is one of the handful of NDIS providers facilitating the program.
Laura O'Reilly is HireUp's CEO.
"ILO is the future of how people with disability are going to live going forward. ILO arrangements are sort of much more typical mainstream arrangements, involve people with disability living with able bodied flat mates or in a host arrangement in a much more diverse array of circumstances - as diverse as the number of people in the program."
As of September this year, there were more than 550,000 people with disability being supported by the NDIS.
While the number of participants currently receiving funding for ILO supports is small, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) encourages ILOs as an alternative to traditional group homes.
As the program continues to be implemented across Australia, the initiative is garnering support among the disability community.
Nicole Lee is the President of People with Disability Australia.
"So this opens up those options and gives us more I guess the everyday life that other people are having. Lots of younger people have share houses and have housemates and flatmates - what's wrong with us being able to utilise a similar sort of thing?
While she says the program is a positive initiative, she says all options must be kept open for those seeking disability housing support.
