Media coverage and video: press conference to save the Right Fit Program

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.  

Watch the full video of the press conference: https://youtu.be/Fiiv9D0atzE

We have compiled media coverage: 

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 

Global News

https://globalnews.ca/video/11759649/disability-alliance-bc-points-to-lack-of-federal-funding-in-closure-of-key-program

Unique Accommodations – BC Real Estate

https://youtu.be/DScjeV29OtQ?si=BirP7qxMDZAjbPif