Hoarding disorders references –homepage
This page has:
- General references A-Z
- Examples of initiatives and policies
- Selected results from a database that indexes many medical and health journals.
Links are the titles in bold.
There will be lots of overlap of content; the context is the range of agencies involved.
Legislation varies in the 4 UK countries. The ones below are English, unless labelled otherwise.
General references
Anon Self-neglect and Hoarding from an online list of procedures for social care (tri.x)
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (2015) Professional Practice Note: Hoarding and how to approach it; guidance for Environmental Health Officers and others Includes a research study (page 14 of PDF) of councils’ environmental health departments.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service Hoarding.
Gardelli,S (2022) Social housing tenants and hoarding behaviour:
a landlords’ perspective Research report. (Scottish law).
High, S (2020 and 2021) P3 Specialist Hoarding Support Service. Report, end of project report.
International OCD Foundation Addressing Housing Issues Large charity. Includes lists of the problems for people who hoard and others. USA but advice general.
Magos, N (2021) A Guide to Hoarding Best Practice Foundations (National Home Improvement Associations) Information and a research study. Written to encourage local authorities to see that hoarding is an important issue, and possible actions.
Matuozzo,H Plan for success Inside Housing (viewed 15/5/2024) Advice for social landlords from a hoarding expert.
McPhillps,M (2015) Hoarding; key considerations and examples of good practice. National Housing Federation. Examples: Orbit’s compulsive hoarding project , Pan-London Hoarding Task Force and Liverpool Housing Trust ‘Outside the Box’ project.
Partridge Addressing Hoarding; an important way to prevent homelessness review and link to podcast (series 3, episode 3) Homeless Link.
Single Homeless Project Buried in chaos. Includes how they work with people affected.
White, M (2015) Hoarding in Hillington Committee of Councillors report (draft). Review and planning. Included information from the expert Satwant Singh.
Hoarding UK Healthy Homes Programme training/ support for professionals and people who hoard. (charge).
Initiatives
Housing groups Examples:
Onward Help with Hoarding . ‘Outside the Box’ approach. Team of expert staff. Also has links to several peer support groups ‘Hoarders helping hoarders’.
Orbit’s compulsive hoarding project
Prima Group Hoarding Set up a peer-support group ‘Bringing Hoarders Together’.
Silva Housing Hoarding Support works together with Hoarding Disorders UK to run a support group. Website includes how to talk to someone who hoards. Includes list of important documents to keep safe.
‘Hoarding is more than just a fire risk’ Inside Housing. (viewed 15/5/2024) a housing association’s project to raise residents’ awareness of safety issues.
Have hoarding trained staff. Examples:
Manchester City Council, Tenancy Support Team Understanding Hoarding .They have hoarding specialists.
Solihull Community Housing Hoarding. Written to encourage tenants with hoarding problems/neighbours. Neighbour Officers have training. Manages Council housing.
Housing association policies
There are many policies online-these are just some examples.
Ark Hoarding & Self Neglect Procedure 24 pages- much longer than others (Scottish law)
others are English law;
BTC Council. Hoarding in council homes Written for hoarders. Potentially alarming as not keeping the home clean and in good repair is seen as a tenancy breach, where legal action, even including eviction, may occur.
Circle Housing (2014) Hoarding Policy They added a clause to the tenancy agreement prohibiting hoarding.
Coastline (2023) Hoarding Policy Includes Clutter Image Rating Assessment Tool Guidelines page 12 (of PDF).
Mount Green Housing Association Hoarding Policy. Includes actions that they may take.
Octavia landlord information for tenants Hoarding. Appears to be written for neighbours. Harder on hoarders.
Peabody Housing Association (2023) Hoarding Policy Long, formal .
The PubMed database indexes a wide range of health and medicine journals. There is more about it on the home page of this site. The results below were selected from searchs. The country has been added, as legislation and organisations will vary.
Click on a title to get its page, including any abstract. Some articles are free. The ones marked ‘not free’ may be available to NHS professionals and staff/students of universities.
Dong X et al (2020) The prevalence of elder self-neglect in a community-dwelling population: hoarding, hygiene, and environmental hazards. Aging Health. 2012 Apr;24(3):507-24. (USA)not free
Greig A et al. (2020) Prevalence of Hoarding Behavior Among Formerly Homeless Persons Living in Supported Housing.J Nerv Ment Dis. 2020 Oct;2 (USA)not free
Karmen.M et al (2023) Managing high-risk behaviours and challenges to prevent housing loss in permanent supportive housing: a rapid review. Review. Harm Reduct J. Sep 29;20(1):140. (Canada)
Larkin, P et al (2024)Assessment of Critical Health and Safety Risks in Homes where Hoarding is Prevalent. J Community Health . 2024 Feb;49(1):8-16. Literature review and then research study. (Canada)
Lee SM et al (2022) Evidence to guide ethical decision-making in the management of older people living in squalor: a narrative review Intern Med J. 2022 Aug;52(8):1304-1312. (Australia)
Millen AM et al(2020)Pilot Study Evaluating Critical Time Intervention for Individuals With Hoarding Disorder at Risk for Eviction Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Apr 1;71(4):405-408. (USA)
Neave, N. et al (2017). The economic costs of hoarding behaviours in local authority/housing association tenants and private home owners in the north-east of England. Public Health, 148: 137-139. (UK) not free
Porter,P (2022) Council tenancies and hoarding behaviours: A study with a large social landlord in England Health Soc Care Community Nov;30(6):2292-2299 (UK)
(not in Pubmed) Slatter, M. (2008). Treasures, Trash and Tenure: Hoarding and Housing Risk. People, Place and Policy, 2(1), pp. 28-36. Discussion, literature review, case studies. (UK)
General Housing Advice
Not references about hoarding disorder, but agencies providing expert support.
Citizens Advice and Shelter have lots of information on their websites. They have helplines, but they are usually very busy. Citizens Advice have webchat, and also see some people in person.
Legislation differs between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
England: Citizens Advice England Homepage , Housing, Shelter England. Get help ,Housing
Scotland:Citizens Advice Scotland. Homepage, Housing, Shelter Scotland
Northern Ireland(Citizens Advice doesnt include Northern Ireland, but have a page with details of advice agencies ), Shelter Northern Ireland
Wales (Cymru) ;Citizens Advice Wales Housing ,helpline: Advice Link , Shelter Cymru
There will be other relevant charities or projects eg AdviceNow.
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