Housing officers need better training or even specialist anti-hoarding teams to deal with hoarders – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. From environmental health and fire ...

Hoarding is not simply a case of homeowners or tenants who are reluctant to declutter. It’s a mental illness known as ‘ hoarding disorder ’ and affects between 2.5% and 6% of the UK population, ...

Hoarding in the UK has become a "mental health emergency" which requires an urgent response, a leading social enterprise has warned. Clouds End CIC has been supporting more than 300 people who hoard ...

Specialist recruitment business, Robert Half, has warned that Labour hoarding is gripping the UK as employers increasingly seek to retain staff in light of continued uncertainty in the economy and ...

Hoarders with huge amounts of junk stashed in their homes are at risk being killed in an inferno if it catches alight, a fire brigade warned. More than 1,000 fires linked to hoarding have left 10 ...

A NEW training programme aims to improve support for people affected by hoarding. Warrington-based social care charity Making Space has delivered the initiative for housing providers and councils, ...

EXPERTS have created a ‘clutter scale’ of pictures showing rooms in increasing states of mess to help people decide if they have a hoarding problem. The images show a kitchen, living room and bedroom ...

I honestly feel like I am losing it. It might sound like a small, silly issue, but my bedroom is a complete tip and I just can’t keep on top of it. I sometimes get seized with a positive sort of ...