Re: Hoarder horror - Landlord Forum thread

Re: Hoarder horror by Betty L. on April 10, 2012 @10:35

Many states and cities have organizations that handle these situations of hoarding. Many church's have volunteers who can help the tenant clean up their rental. But start the documentation by issuing the '7 day' notice to cure and give the tenant a list of organizations or groups that can help. As hording is a mental health problem, you will be required to give some additional time for tenant to achieved the clean up under ADA/FHA guidelines. Remember, the tenant pays on time, so the course of action should be to correct the hoarding and not eviction.

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Re: Hoarder horror by OK-LL on April 10, 2012 @11:26	[ Reply ]

I disagree completely! The goal is to preserve the rental property. A hoarder is destroying the rental property. It takes months if not years of therapy to resolve the issues which lead to hoarding. I would not keep them one day longer than the cure/quit notice requires. You are not required to accomodate anyone to the point that it destroys your property.

Re: Hoarder horror by Barbara on April 10, 2012 @13:40	[ Reply ]

Thanks for your input Betty. Our Human Services Dept representative said that this does not fall under the ADA guidelines because she if fully functioning in society. Its just when she gets home and closes the door, she is in her own created environment. I agree with OK-LL. As a landlord, I'm just providing housing (following the laws of the state). If I took it upon myself to "help" those who I deem in need of help -- I'd send several of my tenants to smoking cessation classes, several to relationship counseling, two of them to a "disability advocate", probably a couple to "substance abuse counceling" -- but really I need to just focus on providing housing. I'm not a social worker, just a landlord. Will try to focus on that like a laser!!