ABOUT SCA (NSW)
SCA (NSW)
Strata Community Association (NSW) is the leading professional body representing the strata and community title sector in New South Wales. Our membership is made up of strata managers, support staff and suppliers dedicated to delivering professional, ethical, and high-quality services across the state’s strata communities.
In 1978, a challenge was laid down to the strata management sector in NSW to establish a professional association for the strata industry. From those foundations grew SCA (NSW), established as the Institute of Strata Title Management (ISTM).
In 2025 our membership includes over 2,500 strata managers, support staff, and suppliers of products and services to the industry.
Professional Standards
Professionalism is the cornerstone of SCA (NSW) and the foundation on which our association was built.
Our commitment is further strengthened through our acceptance into the Professional Standards Scheme, which places SCA (NSW) among a select group of professional associations regulated by the Professional Standards Council.
All SCA (NSW) members are bound by the Code of Ethics.
From the Ground Up – 40-Year History of Strata in NSW
In 2017, a lunch between industry stalwarts John Coleman and Phil Duggan resulted in a plan to record the history of Strata Community Association (NSW) and the idea for a book started to take shape.
That book is now a reality, published in time to mark the 40th anniversary of the formation of the Institute of Strata Title Management (ISTM), rebranded in 2011 to SCA (NSW). Written by John Coleman and titled ‘From the Ground Up: the story of strata title in New South Wales’, it is an in-depth history of both the organisation and the broader history of strata in New South Wales.
