“The right to housing is not realized through supply alone. It is realized when housing is matched to the people who need it. Programs like The Right Fit need to be understood as essential infrastructure, not optional extras. We already know what works. Now we must act to preserve it.”
The above quote is pulled from a blog post on the Balanced Supply of Housing website about the importance of the Right Fit Program: https://bsh.ubc.ca/federal-funding-pulled-from-accessible-housing/. It was written by Drs. Alina McKay and Colin Philips, researchers from UBC. Dr. Phillips was placed into accessible housing by the Program and as such, has firsthand experience of its impact.
Along with our Right Fit partners Individualized Funding Resource Centre Society we are still fighting to save the Right Fit, after losing federal funding. Without the Program, hundreds of wheelchair users will lose access to critical housing support.
Disability Alliance BC (DABC)’s nationally recognized Right Fit Program will lose its federal funding as of April 1, 2026, forcing the program to close and leaving hundreds of wheelchair users without critical housing support.
To highlight the urgent impact of this closure, DABC are inviting the media and any affected community members to attend a press conference on Thursday, April 2 at 12:00 PM at the Harmony Building (1451 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver). Harmony is a Brightside Homes development in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, featuring more than 30 accessible units and housing several Right Fit clients. Right Fit clients will be available for interviews.
Do you prefer audiobooks and podcasts to print media? Are you already a fan of DABC’s Transition magazine, or have you been meaning to check it out? You’re in luck!
We’re excited to announce that the Fall/Winter 2025 edition of Transition is now available as a podcast on Spotify and Substack. 🎧
The theme of the edition is Following Their Path: How disability trailblazers are guiding today’s advocacy, and it is dedicated to the late Pamela Horton.
Check it out on your favourite platform (search: Transition Magazine Podcast or use the links above) and be sure to follow us so you don’t miss future episodes.
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