To close out National AccessAbility Week, DABC would like to highlight our Right Fit Program. The Right Fit is a multi-partner service designed to address the crisis in wheelchair accessible housing by matching affordable, accessible homes and independent living supports with people who need them in the Lower Mainland.

This spring, the Right Fit Program team has a lot to celebrate: We are pleased to announce that as of April 2023, we have placed 100 wheelchair users into accessible, affordable homes.

This is a key milestone, as we continue to experience a scarce supply of accessible, affordable housing in the province. Our waitlist is growing and to date, over 150 wheelchair users are still waiting to be matched to an accessible, affordable home in the Lower Mainland.

The Right Fit team is doing everything they can to uncover new supply of accessible housing. If you are a wheelchair user in need of an accessible home or a housing provider who has a vacant unit, please get in touch with us!

Website: https://therightfitbc.org/

We’ve received the following information from BC Hydro. If you or anyone in your household is a person with a disability, they’d like to hear from you!:

BC Hydro is committed to identifying, removing, and preventing barriers across our services and programs, for our customers, job seekers and our employees. As reflected in our inclusion and diversity principles and corporate value, we include everyone. It is our intention to make everyone’s experience with BC Hydro inclusive and barrier-free. We’d like to know if you or anyone in your household encounters barriers when interacting with BC Hydro. Please let us know by going to this link and completing our short questionnaire: https://bchydro.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_80SpnyvINSw6hzU.

If you require our questionnaire in a different format, please contact us via email: Accessibility.Feedback@bchydro.com.

Our intention is to use this feedback in our forthcoming accessibility plan. This information will help make BC Hydro more accessible for everyone.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

The Vancouver Park Board and City of Vancouver are holding a virtual workshop for transportation, mobility and accessibility-focused organizations and champions to learn more about how the West End waterfront could be shaped to meet the needs and aspirations of people experiencing barriers traveling to and within the area. The Imagine West End Waterfront virtual workshop for making the area more accessible will take place May 24th from 10AM to 11.30AM.

If you wish to attend, please RSVP to the Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imagine-west-end-waterfront-virtual-workshop-for-accessibility-and-mobility-tickets-634209958057

• The workshop will be on Zoom and you’ll receive the Zoom link in your Eventbrite RSVP confirmation email.
• All participants will receive a living wage honorarium in recognition of their time.