EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso City Council will hear from disability advocates and housing developers Tuesday as they try to decide if they will reduce the amount of required handicapped accessible apartments in the city.

West El Paso resident Cody Bachmeier uses a wheelchair, and said he disagrees with the proposal. He said he couldn’t find an accessible apartment just a few months ago.

"That’s what I was looking for on the off-chance that we could find an actual unit that was accessible, but that's almost impossible," Bachmeier said.

Bachmeier said he couldn't find an accessible unit, so he chose his current one with a promise from the landlord that they would make adjustments. A new stove was installed with front-positioned knobs and the bathroom had to be retrofitted.

So when he found out about the proposal to further limit the amount of handicapped accessible apartments he said he couldn't believe it.

"It just shows a lack of caring, and a lack of complete understanding," Bachmeier said.

Current El Paso city code mandates all apartments built after 1993 to have 5 percent of their units accessible; however the proposal would drop that number to 2 percent, to suit the national building code.

Developers cite that the accessible units often go unrented, and then they lose money by discounting the units for able-bodied tenants. KFOX reporters attempted to get a comment from developer Tom Bohannon, a proponent of the measure, but he did not return phone calls Monday.

"I don't think it's a good idea because I think a community is judged by the way it treats its elderly and disabled and for us to limit the housing for the elderly and disabled is probably a step in the wrong direction," said city Rep. Eddie Holguin.

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