PASADENA, Texas – Javier Gascar, 68, was a victim of road rage about three decades ago and the crime has left him paralyzed. He now survives on public assistance, and feels he’s been re-victimized by an apartment complex he moved into in August.
Gascar, who requires the use of a wheelchair to get around, was placed in an apartment that is not wheelchair accessible, and when he tried to make it accessible with ramps he built with a friend, he ran into trouble.
“She gave me an ultimatum that I had 72 hours to move it,” Gascar said.
Management at the Fairmont Oaks apartment complex in Pasadena declined to be interviewed about the matter on Friday.
In a letter, shared with KPRC 2 Investigates, a letter from management to Gascar, it stated that Gascar could pay someone to build better ramps that meet code.
Gascar, of limited means, does not have the money to hire someone.
State and federal law, while open to interpretation, appears to be on Gascar’s side, that the complex should be on the hook to provide the accessibility.
On Friday afternoon, KPRC 2 Investigates reached out to Office of the Mayor of Pasadena, Code Enforcement for the City of Pasadena, and management at Fairmont Oaks Apartments.
KPRC 2 Investigates will stay on the story until Gascar’s accessibility problem is solved.