Media coverage: press conference to save the Right Fit Program

April 3, 2026 by DABC

A group of people attend the press conference to save the Right Fit Program

On April 2nd, 2026, DABC and our Right Fit Program partner Individualized Funding Resource Centre (IFRC) held a press conference at the Harmony Building in Vancouver to highlight the immensely negative impact of the closure of the Right Fit. The program’s closure due to the loss of federal funding leaves hundreds of wheelchair users without critical housing support. 

We would like to thank the media for attending and shining a light on this issue, as well as IFRC, MP Jenny Kwan, members of the community and Right Fit clients, for attending and speaking to the importance of the program in an urgent effort to save it.  

We have compiled media coverage of the press conference: 

The Vancouver Sun 

https://vancouversun.com/news/ottawa-pulls-funding-to-program-matching-lower-mainland-wheelchair-users-with-accessible-homes 

CityNews 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/04/02/feds-cut-funding-to-b-c-program-connecting-wheelchair-users-with-accessible-housing/  

CBC Radio 

BC Today:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.7152138 

On the Coast:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.7152635