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Disability advocates say the Minns government has failed to deliver meaningful investment in disabled lives despite historic housing spend.

Disability advocates are expressing serious concerns the New South Wales government has abandoned people with disabilities in the budget, despite a record $5.1 billion spend on social housing.

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey outlined an ambitious plan to build 8,400 homes for social housing over the next five years, with half allocated to victims of family and domestic violence.

But advocates say the budget contains a glaring omission: any meaningful mention of disability services or foundational supports that would help people with disabilities live independently in the community.

“Despite repeated calls from people with disability, the NSW Government has failed to deliver a clear and sustained investment in disabled lives in the 2025-26 Budget, the outcomes of which will be felt by all," said Trinity Ford, President of People with Disability Australia (PWDA).

Ford argues that the government's inaction on disability issues will ultimately prove costly.

Liberal Disability spokesperson Natasha Maclaren-Jones echoed these concerns, suggesting disability issues have been treated as an afterthought.

"My concern is they haven't put any substantive funding into foundational supports," she said, noting that the government spent only an estimated $7 million last year, primarily to establish a task force. The lack of direct funding for on-the-ground disability supports has left many service providers struggling.

Maclaren-Jones, who recently launched an inquiry into foundational supports, says the failure to implement transitions smoothly means organisations providing support have not received the funding they are owed.

"It’s the families that will miss out," she warned.