Help for Hoarders

Have a problem with hoarding, or know someone who does? Check out these links for help understanding the problem—and advice on solving it. And check back here throughout the season for organizational resources and more!

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

Children of Hoarders

Squalor Survivors

Hoardhouse

Helping Hoarders

Compulsive Hoarding (Wikipedia)

Hoarding Factsheet PDF (L.A. County Dept. of Health)

18 Comments

  • Diane Wilson Wed, Apr 15, 2009, 12:45 PM

    1. I have a big problem. I need help. Clean House I need help turning my basement into 2 bedrooms, a laundry room, a half bathroom, and a sitting area. Also I need help with my upstairs. I have been trying to do it on my own since my grandparents died. The only people that live here is my mom, my 3year old and myself. Please help me give my mother and my son a place to call home. My name is Diane Wilson. I live at 4224 w Lexington St. Louis, MO 63115. my number is 314-533-9712. I submitted an application but could not upload a picture.

  • sarah binkley from kauai hawaii Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 8:00 PM

    2. I dont know how to go about this, but i KNOW the people who have THE messiest home in not just the country...... but the world.you think you'v e seen clutter.. BAH. you havent seen anything unti you've seen my best friends house.they really need help. i have no idea how to contact clean house directly and i dont even know if this comment will be read. but i cant stand seeing them live this way.i have so much love for the family; and i dont know what to do.If i had the resources id do it myself. but that would require a yard sale bigger than a department store, and lots of therapy.they wont seek help on they're own, but fact is, they are good,proud people.and deserve to live happily.I would give anything or do anything for these people. please help us!!!only neicy and her amazing team could help this situation.because trust me.. ive tried.to neicy.mark, trish, and that crazy go to guy matt: please help them. im at a loss.hawaii needs you!

  • Jessica Rhodes Mon, May 11, 2009, 8:43 PM

    3. Im a mother of 4 children that i stay home with all day and night. You cant even walk into some rooms for all the clutter. My kids wont even go to their rooms. I need help getting organized and keeping my house clean. I have a beautiful home but when you walk it its not so beautiful anymore. Do you think you could help me out and come check ouour home? My e-mail queeb_mom_06@yahoo.com I ive in Bloomington Indiana. Hope to hear back from someone soon. Thanks Jessica Rhodes

  • Carol LaFreniere Tue, May 12, 2009, 7:12 PM

    4. Dear Niecy, Trish, Mark and Matt,I am a real fan of your show. I personally do not have a cluttered home because since my husband died 4 years ago I have learned to get rid of clutter and live my life for my children and myself, not what we can hold on to materialistically. This is about a friend who was in a car accident 8 months ago and had a serious head injury. Before the accident her clutter was out of hand, but now there is no way she can do it all herself. I was just there today trying to rid her of some old clothes in her bedroom but she is still overwhelmed and there is nowhere to put it all. Plus the ceiling is rotting, there is just too much. I am recently laid off and will spend what time I can over there to help, but I don't build, I don't fix ceilings, and then if you add in the basement, the bar area and the kids rooms, crazy!!! We live in CT not LA. But we need you in the worst way. Please contact me I want to make her life easier and you guys can do it.

  • Portia Walton-Bacon Wed, May 13, 2009, 10:33 AM

    5. Hi Ms. Nash, i am sending this email on behalf of my Aunt. Because of her income, she has been fixing her house up. There is work that needs to be done that she can not do, and does not have the resources to pay someone to finish it. Also, she had a real bad fall down her steps, that hospitalized her for almost 2 weeks. Her job has cute back on her hours, which makes it even more difficult to hire someone to complete the work. Please find it in your heart to draw your attention to this email, i truly would appreciate it. Contact me at your earlist convinence, at 302-563-7602.

  • Tiffany Gallo Sat, May 16, 2009, 4:50 PM

    6. Hi! I absolutely love your show! You guys really have good ideas in how to help people. Everyone has such great taste and is so friendly. I don't know how this works but I would love to have someone come out and give some help to my mother. My mom is single, she works alot of hours, and has really bad knees. My mother has taken such great care of me. I love her so much! She has been there for me through the good and bad times. I tried helping her out. I started in her bedroom and helped her around the house. The thing is that I work full time and over time. I have two children to take care of and I'm currently working on my RN. I usually have a hard time finding time to help her. My mom loves to save things. She even has things from when I was a baby. I just need some assistance, there is sooo much. I just don't know where to start. I made trips to the Good Will store for her but it just seems never ending. Please help a wonderful mom out in PA. Tiffany-TGallo3440@yahoo.com

  • Svetlana Sun, May 17, 2009, 9:08 AM

    7. Hello, Niecy, Trish, Mark and Matt!!!!I hope my message will be read! My name is Svetlana, I'm from a small country, and I came in SUA in PA to see nice places, but * I sow the house of my best friend and....... he really need your help!!!! If are some way for you to come visite him call me 6179301676.Many thanks!!!

  • Bryan Jahmiel Thompson Sun, May 17, 2009, 3:48 PM

    8. This is my absolute last resort.....I am a 26yr old OIF veteran and i live in piscataway nj.....I have two kids Bryan JR and Jayla Thompson....My problem is i live with my 97yr old grandmother who has always kept the house immaculate and my MOTHER has taken over!!!!!!!! I dont even have the words to describe how messy the house is. Sometimes i feel like this house belongs in a third world country. there is junk all over the place its gotten so bad that me and my grandmother have to sometimes create paths just to walk through the house....keep in mind this is not a big house but its also not the smallest. we have a garage that is full of stuff and attic full of junk from when i was a baby and the basement that used to be a bar is full of clutter and junk as well......The only reason im writing this is because I really want to make my grandmother happy by cleaning up her house so she can live in it in her final days/years like she remember it and not like how it is now ww3. PLEASE HELP!!

  • Sharon Tue, Jun 23, 2009, 5:25 PM

    9. Hello! Ms. NiecyI love your show and your crew Trish,Mark, and Matt and it will take each and every on of you to help my daughter. Her husbands job went south and she is now working 3 jobs plus trying to take care of twin eleven year old boys and get them to different sports that they are in and help take care of the 38 horses that they have. She use to be a great house keeper andloved to bake but now she is just over-whelmed.To make matters worst her husband is a pack RAT. NIECY PLEASE HELP HER SHE WORKS SO HARD AND SHE HAS A HEART OF GOLD AND ONLY YOU AND YOUR CREW COULD GET THROUGH TO HER PACK RAT.

  • Helen T.L. Ujcic Mon, Jun 29, 2009, 1:10 AM

    10. Dear Clean House, My husband and I have a Mom

  • Helen T.L. Ujcic Mon, Jun 29, 2009, 1:22 AM

    11. Hello again from Port Orange, the pool people. We have out grown our House, so much stuff. My boys can hardly walk in there room. They don't want to get rid of nothing. I need some organization and Clean House Crew HELP. We are ready to Clean House and let loose of all our STUFF. We have STUFF everywhere. I'm overwhelmed and do not know where to begin. I'm a PAK RAT from HEAVEN, my boys get it from me, but I'm ready to CLEAN OUT THIS once beautiful organized home. PLEASE HELP ME I'm drowning in all my CLUTTER!! I'm known by my friends as NICKNACK QUEEN!!!!!!! Please come to Sunny Florida and HELP me and my Family.

  • Pat Rardin Sun, Jul 5, 2009, 11:05 AM

    12. I get inspired by your show * but I could use some help. My mess isn't big enough for your crew to deal with, but I hope to be able to find an organizer who will (a) not cost an arm and a leg (most of these people charge a minimum of $25 an hour, up to $50 an hour, which is way more than I make and can afford); also (b) somebody who will listen to me and do some of what I want, not just what they want. I just spent a bunch of money getting some help and I feel like, in some ways, I am still at square one. So, I am looking forward to whatever information you can hand out about services, especially in the Tampa, Florida area. (I don't live there, but not terribly far from there, either.)

  • Anthony Mon, Jul 13, 2009, 5:25 AM

    13. FYI, The link to "Helping a Hoarder" looks dead.

  • Mary Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 10:36 PM

    14. My husband of 22 years passed away almost 2 1/2 years ago. He was very handy around the house. He was able to install new windows and doors with help from his friends. He also installed new steel siding to our house. All of this before he was diagnosed with lung cancer in October of 2005. Since he has passed away I am overwhelmed with stuff he had. My garage is full of my old furniture because I had to buy new. It was just painful to see the furniture we had bought together. There is a shed outside that is 2 stories tall packed with stuff. Our basement is the same way. So many things I want to do with the house but I haven't been able to do it. I was involved in a car accident in September of 2008 that almost killed me. A month after the accident I lost my job. Now ten months later I am still unemployed but still very much overwhelmed with my late husband's things. I've tried to arrange a rummage sale but it seems no one wants to help. Always an excuse. HELP!!!!

  • Susan K. Waters Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 6:07 PM

    15. Please help my sister-in-law she is a wonderful person who's generosity for entertaining keeps the family together. Patty is taking care of our 91 year old mother, her daughter has health problems and her husbands is always at work. She is kind and caring and deserves a house clean-up. Information: Patty

  • Mel christian Mon, Feb 1, 2010, 11:49 AM

    16. Hi, i'am a sister of a hoader who is in deep trouble. her house is so bad nobody can visit her. her husband is in jail and she has shut down completely. i have 2 nieces that I think about everyday. friends and family have offered her help, but she won't except it. I really believe she needs your help with the house and or help getting into therapy. if there is anything you can do...please contact me before she loses everything.***Her house truely makes other hoader homes look clean!

  • candy leonardis Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 1:38 PM

    17. Help my children please. I have three beautiful children and they reside with their Aunt. She has a loving kind heart but her daily pressures of raising children leaves her pressured and just not enough time for the house work. The house is in shambles, a very bad oder from the cats and this i trust leaves my children and her in a depression. My son has not brought friends home and lives a life of lonliness. I do know it is very unhealthy both mentally and physically. Can you please send help. I am prepared for her feeling angry towards me for this, but i know when it`s over and she can live free to have company over and their lives are back * she will be greatful for the help you have given my children and her.PLEASE HELP THEM LIVE AGAIN...I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH AND IT IS KILLING ME * I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN TO CLEAN HOUSE ON MY OWN OR I WOULD. THANK YOU SO MUCH CANDY LEONARDIS

  • William Williams Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 5:13 PM

    18. I need help cleaning my house. It wouldnt take much and hopefully this will be a one time thing. I am a disabled veteran, unable to work, in pain constantly and dealing with depression. Please help, thanks

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