Accessible housing issues

[danbrotherston]

As to accessibility, not everybody needs accessible accommodation, any more than everybody needs a pool (note: a frivolity for most; but a necessity for some) or a barbecue.

That's quite the tone-deaf statement right there, trying to compare accessibility to a barbecue or pool. Accessibility is a "must", whereas barbecues and pools are "wants"

I usually agree with ijmorlan, but while his statement might not be entirely untrue, I really have to suggest that it is at best an oversimplification.

Many accomodations for accessibility help everyone at least some of the time. Curb cuts, accessible doors, elevators, useful to people with strollers, or moving stuff in and out of a home, or even just with a grocery trundle buggy.

While yes, some people are more able to deal with not having those accommodations, they are still beneficial. I am going to agree that requiring every single apartment to have an elevator is perhaps too great a cost to pay to achieve that benefit, we should be honest about what the trade off is.

And frankly, I don't think cost of elevators is the main obstacle here.