Thank goodness, the resident is obviously struggling with some mental issues. The City should have not have permitted it getting this bad it's a health concern for everyone nearby. They're basically living right next door to a landfill.
@@mechadoggy Because it's creating a public health hazard. Addressing public health concerns falls under the domain of the government in America. This is one of the distinguishing factors of a wealthy developed nation.
What else can you do? Assault threaten him and get arrested? Move and lose your home that’s probably worth at least a million in that area. They literally have no choice but to contact proper people and accept it in the mean time.
There is 0 chance that the inside is even remotely clean. You step inside of that house and you will probably have to take 10 showers to get the smell off of you
This is heartbreaking. That poor woman has had to look at that and smell that for over 10 years. I really hope the city steps in and helps. The man is not going to be able to clean it on his own.
Hoarding is a mental illness. There's usually a deep seated anxiety and it is oftentimes triggered by some event. That being said, The city is going to have to step in here. The smell and the insects have got to be horrendous
Yes! It's often found that hoarders have OCD or Obsessive compulsive tendencies. I've dealt with hoarders first-hand and the anxiety is definitely there when trying to get them to clean or get rid of things
@@damien1781 Agreed. And you don't need the HOA to enforce cleanliness bc the city is who enforce the law on this. The problem is California's insane laws where there should be none, and lack of laws where there should be strict rules enacted. This is just one more reason California is a cesspool.
That poor lady has been living next to that for ten years. Officials ignored her for TEN YEARS, what an absolute disgrace. There must be some reason they couldn’t act sooner right? That amount of time is absurd.
I've seen hoarders and I've seen hoards but THIS is THE MOST EXTREME I've EVER seen. It's beyond words. The hoarder needs to be evacuated to the nearest mental facility and this property used for a fire training exercise for the local fire depts. Absolutely insane. I feel for the neighbors.
Hoarding is caused by a mental disorder, but even though hoarders have this inability to throw things away they also tend to try to be "organized." As wild as it sounds with as big as that pile is I wouldn't doubt if the owner knows everything that is in in there, and exactly where it is.
This person suffered a major loss and never dealt with it or accepted it. He fills the void and emptiness with things. On a psychological and spiritual level this is sad. I pray he will begin the journey of healing and letting go. ✨
@@Mads-hl8xjYes! As a minimalist, I just don’t understand hoarding unless there’s mental health problems involved. Getting help is a strength, not a weakness.
Hoarders " I don't know how this happened." My dad is a hoarder, the reason why it hasn't gotten this bad is because my family throws out a lot of the junk he brings home when he is at work. It's a coping mechanism from childhood trauma he experienced, although he doesnt realize it because it's buried in his subconscious ( his late mother was an alcoholic and she abandoned the family when he was a kid. My dad spent a week or two on the streets, sleeping on park and bus stop benches trying to search for her. Super sad story.) Me being in the mental health field and being an outside observer, see how that situation has deeply affected him. No one in my family can talk to him about the hoarding because he gets very upset (defense mechanism) and he doesn't see it as a problem. Hoarders usually don't. He thinks whatever item he is bringing home or keeps, he'll have a use for later or can use it for something but it just gets stored on a table or on the ground. Luckily he doesn't do this with food or garbage..yet. but I fear that it'll come to that someday. Especially if he experiences more trauma. These things tend to get worse as changes in life happen that he might deem stressful. I go home several times a year ( I live out of state) and it seems to get worse everytime.
Thinking getting him a cheap piece of land with a house on it? He then can have the land to pile up his stuffs out side and far away from the house that not bother any body. Just a thought.
My mom is a level 5. I know your pain. I grew up in it, it took over 2 households. I've been arrested for cleaning probably 20 times as a teen. They keep garbage and throw away people...
I'm glad Inside Edition is bringing attention to this issue. Maybe that way the city, mayor or whoever deals with these issues can help this person clean up and get the help they need.
Exactly.. maybe a protest in front of the mayor’s office or house to get all the media’s attention and shame the so called mayor for not doing it’s job.
The fact that the owner of this house had no one in their life who could get them the help they need...I feel so bad for everyone involved in this case :(
I just read a good news update to this story: “The 8-foot wall of junk contains items like old doors, lamps and laundry baskets. It has been cited for code violations by the city multiple times since 2010, according to Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety records. Ruiz and her neighbors along Harvard Boulevard said they have filed complaints with the city for several years but nothing ever happens. However, a day after the airing of this story, the City Attorney’s office confirmed that the homeowner signed a “Right of Entry” which allows crews to clean up the junk on Thursday at 8 a.m. for no cost.” (Source is CBS local news Los Angeles)
I don't like getting into other people's business, but if their hoarding becomes an issue to the point that it affects the neighbors, then that crosses the line and I can't believe the city mayor or freaking town council won't do anything about it for over years and years of these people complaining about it! Maybe they should be the neighbor of the hoarder and see how they feel like it!
What bout the constitution And 1st and 2nd amendment lol God bless America Wohoo trump 2020 lol Everyday people losing right to live in filty dirty grimey properties which they paid for and paid off . Stand your ground my hoarders America is with you in your time of need
At some point I feel like this could also be a racial discrimination issue because where I live they take care if things pretty fast not tryna start nothing but that's just my opinion.
@@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier Ok but what about the other people's 1st and 2nd amendments? Don't they have the right to live in a clean environment without worrying or dealing with this nonsense?
Mental illness unfortunately is not a private business and it's completely irresponsible to leave such a situation unaddressed. A person like that is not capable of asking for help, doesn't mean there isn't public responsibility to provide it anyway.
Some of the biggest rules of being a hoarder: -Respect your neighbors within reasonable terms. -leave access to doors unblocked -nobody will come knocking if you don’t have bugs Edit: -self care, get therapy and limit yourself. If something comes in something must go
@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 it's heartbreaking, it's like a cocoon, unimaginable what it must be like inside. I hope someone actually starts caring about this person and sees past the wall of junk.
@@TheOne-tl6nj no one plans or chooses this life. If his house is this messy, what’s his mind like? Dude deserves empathy sympathy and help. So do his neighbors.
I find it astonishing that this hoarder has managed to keep his junk precisely on his property. It’s an even barricade of trash, piled 8 feet high. So strange.
If any of it falls on someone else's property they might throw it away, and then they wont get any sleep for a month because they cant stop thinking about whatever item it was they lost and what they might've needed it for. I had a great aunt who lived to 104 years old who was a hoarder and had to be put in a home because of it. Every nurse they tried to hire would quit because of how difficult she was when they tried cleaning and throwing things away. When they finally cleaned out her house to try and sell it they found over 18,000 dollars in cash hidden all over the place, because she would hide it and completely forget about it.
It actually has classification to mental disorder. Psychologically, it is very difficult for them to acknowledge the negative aspect of keeping so much junk. Psychologically, it has value. Try as you must, you cannot just wish mental instability to go away. Hoarding will happen
Now, as to the steps the city can take, that is a distinct problem. City has the ability to confront the tenant of their concerns. A health risk for an entire neighborhood is exactly where the city has power to intervene.
Plus it’s so dangerous for the homeowner and the neighbours. Ghastly. If there was an emergency, disaster would happen. The city is also shameless for not forcing the issue.
@@orangeblossom5362 It's not an addiction, its mental illness that's only recently been recognized as it's own entity, aside from ocd. Its got it's very own icd9 and dsm codes.
@@orangeblossom5362 I agree. An addiction, or trauma bond, or something.... Regardless, I hope that everyone in the community gets all the help they need Also, to Lil Chunky, we don't know their life story or situation. Yes, we can be judgemental and be quick to call them out to shame, but they probably have something going on. Everyone does. Please show a bit of mindfulness and kindness. Much thanks.
I helped an old lady move her things from her old house to her new house. I thought it was going to be easy work but nope, it was not. There were lots of stuff dating back to the 60s. I think she kept them because she came from poverty and valued everything she owned. She knew how it was like to have nothing, so she kept everything.
i hate selling anything i own, you gotta remember if its an older person-they had more time to collect things, if they ok with it then leave them be,as long as others dont suffer from that
The local government has failed these neighbors that had to live with this health and code violations. Shame on them for not doing their job. These people pay taxes and their salary.🤨
The reason why they don't care is due to the fact that it would cost a good 20 to 50 grand or more to get it to code and clean it up. Then they bill the home owner whom doesn't have the money and the home owner will do it again. My solution. If people want to live like this, then set up cheap housing next to the city dump and let them live there. Every hoarder you come across can live at the city dump or a nice junk yard. Relocate them to where they will be comfortable.
Agreed. Actually the city should pay everyone living in the immediate vicinity of that house. I’d have hired a lawyer and gone after the city. That house devalues the entire neighborhood.
@@KillenEMsoftly its wierd you say that when in red states the ideology of being a republican is not having the government tell you what to do. I guess deep down you're a democrat time to switch colors
@@danko5866 Well, Adult Protective Services can. They can also file a court case to determine mentally incompetent/extreme harm to self and assume adult guardianship. Courts try not to intervene unless absolutely necessary. This appears to be very necessary.
Same... I don't have a car so I tend to "hoard" things.. but it's really just that I need to be "self sufficient". if something goes wrong in the house I need to be able to fix something w/o leaving the house (because I can't walk 2 miles to the store and 2 miles back for some pipe insulation.. then there's fact of bringing it home...) I'm not actually a hoarder.. not yet anyway lol. I would never let it get that far. and I'm clean.. I clean every day. kitchen, bathroom, vacuum, windows.. I clean the fridge out now and then. (I actually don't like leftovers so I rarely have any in the fridge anyway). Watching hoarders helps me keep my "collecting" in check.
@@Kristinapedia I'm still in the restauration process of my house. I have used roof tiles that shall replace the old ones on my barn. Wooden beams for building or as fire wood. Old windows for a green house etc. I collect these things when ever because I couldn't afford to by them new.
@@brookiebrook7760 Home Owners Association. They're the people overseeing the properties in something like those affluent gated communities you'll see usually.
@@Cacowninja I think that's a law that applies to fallen branches or fruit that lands in your garden, but IDK if it means ordinary junk. Besides, it would cost them money to haul away, and maybe the homeowner would be upset & angry at them. I feel it's better to ask if they need help to categorise what they want to keep. That way they can choose to clear up their own stuff.
That’s what my dad used to always yell when he got fed up with how messy my room was as a kid. “This is a FIRE HAZARD you’re gonna burn down the WHOLE HOUSE” 🤣
@@annagarcia1527 Yes, the owner is obviously not in their right mind tho'. A normal person would gradually deal with this until it was all cleared away. It's sad that they can't enjoy their own garden too. I would love to have more space to plant, and they could start a great garden area in that wasted space.
I feel really bad for this person who is obviously very very sick. But he's living in a health and fire hazard that's putting the community at risk. He needs to get help! asap I pray that he gets the help that he needs so he can live a happy life without living in a disaster. Then they can get this eyesore cleaned up. 🙏🏻😌🤍🇨🇦✌
@@kaito-fukasejam8387 Yep, nobody has spoken about the hoarder, it's a suffering and a responsibly of all the community including the person with this disorder.
I am happy to read that the hoarding homeowner has received some assistance with cleanup. It shouldn't take shaming and embarrassing people on the news to get a sincerely helpful response in this world.
Neighbors have a right to have their surroundings to be clean. They don’t want roaches and rats in their homes so if it comes down to shaming then so be it mental illness or not
@@bmack6743 There’s laws that govern the mentally ill as well as the sane. You don’t get to run amok, and that’s what this is in the name of mental illness. You seek help, accept help, take meds and face another day.
I feel bad for the homeowner. He signed a "right to entry" so the county can come and clear this up. It was a clear sign for help. Hoarding is a sign of underlying mental illness.
You feel bad for the owner? What about the neighbors that have to live near that filthy house? Their property value likely decreased so much, they have no option but to stay. Mental illness or not, it’s never ok to be selfish and inconvenience others.
What's embarrassing is they didn't help them get well. The problem isn't a mess. The problem is a mental disorder. The mess is just a symptom. If cleaned and the person left untreated it would happen again.
@@theoryofpersonality1420 Agreed. This is clearly something that got worse for them, until it got beyond them. I'm so glad to have friends who helped me move house without breaking anything. It's stressful enough to move home when you only have what you need. I think they lack friends. Surely there is a way to help hoarders, not hurt them for a condition that they need to overcome? It's 2021, there must be effective therapy to treat them so they can get back to themselves & let those bags go.
The solution is simple: condemn the home and evict the hoarder. The city could have had this done years ago if they actually cared. The hoarder needs mental help and being allowed to stay there is not helping them.
The part about bugs coming to the neighbor's house just because the trash from a different house got that disgusting is so upsetting. How did it get so bad?
Honestly I’m shocked someone on that block hasn’t taken things into their own hands: throwing huge piles of his stuff to the curb on garbage day, filling one of those sprayers exterminators use to fill with bleach & spray the entire pile or just doing any number of other things to drive the owner crazy forcing him to move or take some action with that pile
My uncle in Orange County was a hoarder although not to that extent. After he passed, I spent a week cleaning up the back yard - hauled many tons of metal and garbage out but just touched the tip of the iceberg. The house wasn’t terrible but the garage was piled to the ceiling. What a nightmare.
What you describe is actually pretty bad. My parents hoarded in their basement, and their dining room table was covered in paperwork- bills and mailers, etc. I wore a respirator & cleared out the basement. It took a month, and at least 20 bags of trash - plus a lot of old broken up furniture. They were cantankerous but you have to intervene. I bet the owner of this house probably alienated their family and no one wants to put up with them.
I really feel for this hoarder. My mom is one. They use all this stuff to protect a severely wounded soul and can’t see out of it literally and figuratively
Same here. Hoarding can be bad because it makes you keep too much things which in the end of life is not good. It is a lot of work to clean up someone’s hoarding.
@@brycefujimoto8023 Exactly and my late dad hoarded a lot of trash that I had to clean up after he passed away. It was all literally junk that people threw away but he would pick up, bring home and put it in his room. His room was messy and cluttered but it was not anything this bad. It took me awhile to clean it all up and to throw everything away.
Poor whoever is living inside this house, I know they’re struggling and feeling alone. I hope they will accept the help that’s offered to them. My heart feels for them.
@@thetessellater9163 Usually bylaws say you can't grow anything, can't keep rabbits for food, and sometimes you can't even collect rainwater or you will be fined. 'murica...land of the free.
I agree. I know they have a mental illness but that's no excuse to let things get this bad. I would send this man to rehab to get help and get rid of all of his stuff ASAP if I were on the city council.
Agreed!! It's dangerous for the neighborhood. That's a fire hazard. I can't imagine how much stressed his neighbors go through. They've had to put up with this for 10 years. The man is a sick and selfish person.
My mom grew up poor and she's a hoarder. I grew up with boxes all around me and hated it. Today, I'm in my thirties and I too have hoarding tendencies. So everytime I feel I'm accumulating things I don't need, I start getting rid of them. Sometimes, rarely, I regret throwing/giving something away cause later on, I end up wanting to use or wear it but it's gone. Still, I rather have an uncluttered apartment than be surrounded by things.
@@jeskeepinitreal , I suppose digging a trench between your houses, calling the fire department, and standing outside with not one, but two fire extinguishers BEFORE accidentally dropping the match might look somewhat premeditated... ...I feel like after twenty years, though, you could pretty easily qualify for some kind of fire insurance... Just...don't mention to them anything about your neighbors...
I'm sorry, I understand hoarding is a mental illness and that people can't control it but when it gets to this point where its actively affecting the lives of the neighbors, causing roaches and other vermin to infiltrate their clean homes, decreasing the property values of the entire block and it's been going on for 10 years? I'm sorry but my compassion is gone. I would just be livid and furious. At this point the hoarder is forcing his neighbors to live in a sense if the squalor by having to see and deal with it every day and that's unacceptable. And imagine the smell! The city needs to evict the homeowner and place them somewhere they won't be a danger to themselves or others.
@@megceleste I'm sure A&E has enough funds to cover that, especially considering they've done episodes where there's feces covering the house and bio hazards.
Adult Protective Services should've stepped in with that hoarder. This is a true case of the city failing the person whose in that house as well as the neighbors.
It's really upsetting that there's so many homeless people, but this person has a home and treats it like this. If they have a mental health condition, then somebody should step in to to stop this!
@@surikarimi7002 That what I notice about hoarders. It's usually due to trauma they had suffered in their life. Hoarding objects is their way of coping.
My aunt's a hoarder. She keeps all things she feels emotionally connected with, from the cola bottle somebody gave her 15 years ago to a torn giftwrap of a special gift somebody gave her. She even keeps receipts of restaurants where she and her first bf ate from. Her house is full of them. She lives with my other aunt's house now bec of all the things she keeps in her house stops her from living there. Her house has a lot of things and we're not even allowed to go inside or even touch any of them. She tried therapy but that didn't work, she still hoardes. I mostly think she keeps these things to feel secure and to compensate for something that is lacking in her.
thats kinda cool tho,remembering all the items and what they remind her of. If she really like this stuff then get a big shed and store it outside the house,hoarder or not , it represents history and when you get old all you have left is memories, put it in a storage, trinkets like that dont need climate control,maybe mold control,when she no longer around you can get rid of it
She's unable to connect with people in a healthy way, the closest she can is by attaching herself with these objects and what they represent. She needs a visual confirmation of those memories, otherwise it's like they'll cease to exist. There's probably a fear of rejection underneath, she should definitely keep trying different therapists until she feels safe to let it go. Let go of this illusion she came up with in order to keep these stories alive.
Woman's school, by January Donovan. If you don't do your homework and journal, you will never rewire your brain. It's takes skill to stop hesitating and make a choice. Not saying it will cure her mental illness...but maybe it will make whatever trauma that triggered it to finally start healing. We limit ourselves with the scripts that were wired, and that we have wired into our brains.
We can’t stand how strict our HOA is and hate the monthly fee we have to pay. One thing I do like and thankful for is they would never let this happen in our neighborhood!
STORY UPDATE: Los Angeles Officials Vow to Clean Up Hoarder House
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That’s a shame, all it needed was a slight cleanup outside and a fumigation
did i ask?
@@DestroylonIey seems way rude and wtf said they was asking? Calm down keyboard worrier 🙈🤨🙄
They need to make the people who stay there clean it up by themselves
Thank goodness, the resident is obviously struggling with some mental issues. The City should have not have permitted it getting this bad it's a health concern for everyone nearby. They're basically living right next door to a landfill.
The fact that the city doesn’t even care is insane, im glad it went out to the news and now let’s see if the city will actually help this time.
City does not want to be sued
Why should the city care about this piece of private property
yea hopefully
@@mechadoggy because it makes the city look bad and could harm the people living there
@@mechadoggy Because it's creating a public health hazard. Addressing public health concerns falls under the domain of the government in America. This is one of the distinguishing factors of a wealthy developed nation.
The fact that this was allowed to grow to such magnitude over time. Just no words can express
Just imagine the rat population on that place .
@@MarioMartinez-tt9ly Next thing you know those nuts from PETA will be out demanding that the rats and other vermin be humanely rehomed!
@Red Kryptonite Says the one who made this comment right after creating the account 💀
@@warrentaylor8428 Well , they can come chasing them by themselves then . I wonder how many would show up.
Exactly wthh
Guy has the nicest neighbors there is no way I could stare at that for years.
What else can you do? Assault threaten him and get arrested? Move and lose your home that’s probably worth at least a million in that area. They literally have no choice but to contact proper people and accept it in the mean time.
Seriously. I would have done something. Before 10 years of looking at it.
Fire hazard........
I’d be lighting a flame every night.
@@gnick66 right?! I would of set it on 🔥
There’s no valid excuse from the city to have let this get that bad
Democrat run, is that valid enough for you?
It’s LA have you seen skid row?
@@maphyous228 I have no doubt about that
So much for their place and can do whatever they want. Freedom!!!
What people do on their own property is their own buisness.
It would be funny if the inside of the house is clean and immaculate.
Yo 😂😂😂😂
Honestly that would be funny as hell but also kinda creepy like entering a different reality
There is 0 chance that the inside is even remotely clean. You step inside of that house and you will probably have to take 10 showers to get the smell off of you
It still would have bugs 🕷
😂😂then he would just be a troll
This is heartbreaking. That poor woman has had to look at that and smell that for over 10 years. I really hope the city steps in and helps. The man is not going to be able to clean it on his own.
Hate to pull a Larry David on ya but is it really heart breaking? Really?
Well now the Municipalities will take actions because they have been mention by a news channel.
@@sourcandy7291 Lmfaoo
@@sourcandy7291 lmaooo
@@ladycommentor2536 sad but true.
1 match and the whole block is going up in flames. They need that removed ASAP.
hope he's not a smoker 😬
Is this a suggestion? 😏
@@Capristar HAHAHAHA
I know from first hand experience that fire is the only true way to exterminate roaches.
@@Capristar i'm down
I’m actually surprised at how everything stays on his property perfectly.
My ex relative was a neat hoarder. (Although, not displayed here). Everything was folded and clean, but stacked to the hilt.
Wait until a sand storm comes in
@@_________-__________-_______ It already did, and nothing happened.
@@trailbadger2345 omg I know someone like this too. He hoards tshirts and baseball caps all neatly stacked but a wicked amount
@@bigmacdaddy1234 ok
The show Hoarders is like _"Whoa, hold up, we were saving this for the season finale"_
Someone should contact them. Use this as an example of what would happen if hoarding goes unchecked.
My house should be on the season finale. I am going to make people laugh so hard.
@@theoryofpersonality1420 bet they contacted them before
Whaaaaat? That show wouldn't touch this mess with a 50 ft pole!! 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Hoarding is a mental illness. There's usually a deep seated anxiety and it is oftentimes triggered by some event. That being said, The city is going to have to step in here. The smell and the insects have got to be horrendous
Yes! It's often found that hoarders have OCD or Obsessive compulsive tendencies. I've dealt with hoarders first-hand and the anxiety is definitely there when trying to get them to clean or get rid of things
The good thing they didn't mentioned they have pets🤭
The struggle is REAL. Very emotionally painful to live like this.
I have bad anxiety and I don’t hoard
I hear that ...I lost 3 homes and each one put me in a mental hospital! 16 yrs it's been and I cry everyday!
This is the one thing I like about an HOA…. People can’t get away with this.
You’ll be surprised
hoa for lazy guys 😁
Lol 😂 😂 😂 they own the property, I don't need some punk telling me what I can't do on property I own unless it harms my neighbor
I forgor 💀
@@damien1781 Agreed. And you don't need the HOA to enforce cleanliness bc the city is who enforce the law on this. The problem is California's insane laws where there should be none, and lack of laws where there should be strict rules enacted. This is just one more reason California is a cesspool.
That poor lady has been living next to that for ten years.
Officials ignored her for TEN YEARS, what an absolute disgrace. There must be some reason they couldn’t act sooner right? That amount of time is absurd.
I wouldn't of been so patient like that lady. My emotions would've got the better of me 🔥🔥🔥
Cuz she's not white
@@gabrielfelix1759 what an asinine comment ...
@@gabrielfelix1759 it’s cause she’s a woman they didn’t listen
democrat policies
I've seen hoarders and I've seen hoards but THIS is THE MOST EXTREME I've EVER seen. It's beyond words. The hoarder needs to be evacuated to the nearest mental facility and this property used for a fire training exercise for the local fire depts. Absolutely insane. I feel for the neighbors.
Ya sound dumb
The city should have to pay the people living in the immediate area for having to deal with this eyesore and health hazard.
@@vh4478 do you realize who would pay for this payment you suggest? The ppl of the city lol what sense does that make
@@NoSticksFrr You* and a period normally comes at the end of a statement. But please, continue calling others dumb.
@@petrichor3647 sis lol
He wins for biggest hoarder 🏆
Definitely
You’re everywhere
Oh no, the worst case was in wa!!! Poop house!! It was awful
Lmao
I seen worse oof
I'm surprised that he's got it so neatly stacked in a line and nothing is spilling over to the neighbours!!!
Right !
I was thinking the same. He's very neat if you ask me.🤣🤣
organized clutter
I assume the neighbours move any stuff back onto the pile.
Hoarding is caused by a mental disorder, but even though hoarders have this inability to throw things away they also tend to try to be "organized." As wild as it sounds with as big as that pile is I wouldn't doubt if the owner knows everything that is in in there, and exactly where it is.
This person suffered a major loss and never dealt with it or accepted it. He fills the void and emptiness with things. On a psychological and spiritual level this is sad. I pray he will begin the journey of healing and letting go. ✨
Professional help is what this person need.
@@Mads-hl8xjYes! As a minimalist, I just don’t understand hoarding unless there’s mental health problems involved. Getting help is a strength, not a weakness.
Hoarders " I don't know how this happened." My dad is a hoarder, the reason why it hasn't gotten this bad is because my family throws out a lot of the junk he brings home when he is at work. It's a coping mechanism from childhood trauma he experienced, although he doesnt realize it because it's buried in his subconscious ( his late mother was an alcoholic and she abandoned the family when he was a kid. My dad spent a week or two on the streets, sleeping on park and bus stop benches trying to search for her. Super sad story.) Me being in the mental health field and being an outside observer, see how that situation has deeply affected him. No one in my family can talk to him about the hoarding because he gets very upset (defense mechanism) and he doesn't see it as a problem. Hoarders usually don't. He thinks whatever item he is bringing home or keeps, he'll have a use for later or can use it for something but it just gets stored on a table or on the ground. Luckily he doesn't do this with food or garbage..yet. but I fear that it'll come to that someday. Especially if he experiences more trauma. These things tend to get worse as changes in life happen that he might deem stressful. I go home several times a year ( I live out of state) and it seems to get worse everytime.
Your father has a very caring offspring.
I'm sorry you and your dad both share this burden.
Thinking getting him a cheap piece of land with a house on it? He then can have the land to pile up his stuffs out side and far away from the house that not bother any body. Just a thought.
My mom is a level 5. I know your pain. I grew up in it, it took over 2 households. I've been arrested for cleaning probably 20 times as a teen. They keep garbage and throw away people...
sorry to hear your dad's story. But, i just cant help but notice your name here in YT. Interesting. It's has diff meaning in our local lang. 🤔
TLC could do a whole season just on this one mess.
😂😂 your not even lying
Tlcs dream lol
TLC and A&E both have shows about people like this it called hoarders. They have a couple of free episodes and short clips on RUclips
@@abuja6425 duh you dolt
@@damien1781 what does dolt mean?
I'm glad Inside Edition is bringing attention to this issue. Maybe that way the city, mayor or whoever deals with these issues can help this person clean up and get the help they need.
They don't care look at skid row
Exactly.. maybe a protest in front of the mayor’s office or house to get all the media’s attention and shame the so called mayor for not doing it’s job.
These people usually have mental issues.
@@doracampos2088 protest in front of the hoarders home mud fish
@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 unfortunately they have to accept the help and they don’t think they have a problem.
The fact that the owner of this house had no one in their life who could get them the help they need...I feel so bad for everyone involved in this case :(
yeah it's very sad
the owner wouldnt listen at all even if the owner had someone in their life. Hoarding for some people ends up being wired to their brains for forever
@@ArcticPrimal my neighbor hoards. it's ridiculous. we live in apartements and he has a huge desk blocking half of our floor in front of the steps.
then you go help him and stop flapping your mouthpiece
Well at least he had a bunch of sweet stuff.
I just read a good news update to this story: “The 8-foot wall of junk contains items like old doors, lamps and laundry baskets. It has been cited for code violations by the city multiple times since 2010, according to Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety records. Ruiz and her neighbors along Harvard Boulevard said they have filed complaints with the city for several years but nothing ever happens. However, a day after the airing of this story, the City Attorney’s office confirmed that the homeowner signed a “Right of Entry” which allows crews to clean up the junk on Thursday at 8 a.m. for no cost.” (Source is CBS local news Los Angeles)
So gross. Trash the place and expect the city to just fix it . The homeowner should be fined heavily for this what a waste of taxpayer money
Omfg disgusting she'll need to fumigate the bugs will go moving elsewhere all over a 10 mile radius
@@amazinggirl12 I wouldnt say its a waste because you have to pay that money anyways lol
Where is your source you witch
They always move faster when the media gets involved and shows them in a bad light. I'm sure the neighbors thank you, Inside Edition.
“Clean your room!”
“It’s not that bad, mom!”
Also mom: Like I have an already heard that before. 🙄
The room:
@Omar Zazzle There is no way to just "knock on their door", all the news reports say that he has to climb over that pile to reach his door.
Shes my girlfriend
@Omar Zazzle boooo ur mean
I don't like getting into other people's business, but if their hoarding becomes an issue to the point that it affects the neighbors, then that crosses the line and I can't believe the city mayor or freaking town council won't do anything about it for over years and years of these people complaining about it! Maybe they should be the neighbor of the hoarder and see how they feel like it!
What bout the constitution
And 1st and 2nd amendment lol
God bless America
Wohoo trump 2020 lol
Everyday people losing right to live in filty dirty grimey properties which they paid for and paid off .
Stand your ground my hoarders
America is with you in your time of need
At some point I feel like this could also be a racial discrimination issue because where I live they take care if things pretty fast not tryna start nothing but that's just my opinion.
@@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier Ok but what about the other people's 1st and 2nd amendments? Don't they have the right to live in a clean environment without worrying or dealing with this nonsense?
Mental illness unfortunately is not a private business and it's completely irresponsible to leave such a situation unaddressed. A person like that is not capable of asking for help, doesn't mean there isn't public responsibility to provide it anyway.
The fact that the town let it get to this level says a lot
No it doesn’t Barb, it’s Los Angeles. Don’t expect much.
Its becasue we live in the land of the free. This kind of incident is a small prece to pay for freedom.
Its Commiefornia. What do you expect?
Some of the biggest rules of being a hoarder:
-Respect your neighbors within reasonable terms.
-leave access to doors unblocked
-nobody will come knocking if you don’t have bugs
Edit:
-self care, get therapy and limit yourself. If something comes in something must go
This person must need help. Medical, psychological, monetary, and a hug Id bet. This is beyond normal “bad neighbor” behavior.
Easier rule move to the middle of nowhere.
@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 no point in taking out trash if there's ALL OVER THE FLOOOOOOOR
@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 it's heartbreaking, it's like a cocoon, unimaginable what it must be like inside. I hope someone actually starts caring about this person and sees past the wall of junk.
@@TheOne-tl6nj no one plans or chooses this life. If his house is this messy, what’s his mind like? Dude deserves empathy sympathy and help. So do his neighbors.
I find it astonishing that this hoarder has managed to keep his junk precisely on his property. It’s an even barricade of trash, piled 8 feet high. So strange.
Probably a conspiracy to lower property value.
What if he’s a famous artist and this is his ultimate masterpiece?
If any of it falls on someone else's property they might throw it away, and then they wont get any sleep for a month because they cant stop thinking about whatever item it was they lost and what they might've needed it for. I had a great aunt who lived to 104 years old who was a hoarder and had to be put in a home because of it. Every nurse they tried to hire would quit because of how difficult she was when they tried cleaning and throwing things away. When they finally cleaned out her house to try and sell it they found over 18,000 dollars in cash hidden all over the place, because she would hide it and completely forget about it.
now thats some dedication
Right… the best Tetris player in real life… stacked to perfection
This should feature on “Hordes:Buried alive” series.
surprised he was ALIVE.
For real on god
I can’t believe the Municipality would let it get so bad without doing something! It’s ridiculous, and how can one family generate so much junk?!!
Apparently you've never seen the show hoarders. Its like saying I can't believe that guy let himself get cancer.
@@ResearchNational Do you not see that junk outside. That's like cancer growing on your nose and saying "i'm working on it"
It actually has classification to mental disorder. Psychologically, it is very difficult for them to acknowledge the negative aspect of keeping so much junk. Psychologically, it has value. Try as you must, you cannot just wish mental instability to go away. Hoarding will happen
Now, as to the steps the city can take, that is a distinct problem. City has the ability to confront the tenant of their concerns. A health risk for an entire neighborhood is exactly where the city has power to intervene.
@@bogeyonanostrilhair9568 You're missing the point.
this is what my mom sees when there’s two water bottles in my room
That's funny...sounds like my Mom & Dad too😏
Hahaha also great pic! Hi fellow selena fan 💜😁
She cant wait to kick you out.
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Unbelievable! I've never seen hoarding outside like this. They have no shame!!
Plus it’s so dangerous for the homeowner and the neighbours. Ghastly. If there was an emergency, disaster would happen. The city is also shameless for not forcing the issue.
True but it’s an addiction for them. Not saying it’s an excuse
@@orangeblossom5362 It's not an addiction, its mental illness that's only recently been recognized as it's own entity, aside from ocd. Its got it's very own icd9 and dsm codes.
@@orangeblossom5362 I agree. An addiction, or trauma bond, or something.... Regardless, I hope that everyone in the community gets all the help they need
Also, to Lil Chunky, we don't know their life story or situation. Yes, we can be judgemental and be quick to call them out to shame, but they probably have something going on. Everyone does. Please show a bit of mindfulness and kindness. Much thanks.
Imagine what the inside look like
How is it even possible that nobody, no agency helped him YEARS AGO?!
It's California where they don't care about the people. Only the rich and sometimes the extremely useless to society
I helped an old lady move her things from her old house to her new house. I thought it was going to be easy work but nope, it was not. There were lots of stuff dating back to the 60s. I think she kept them because she came from poverty and valued everything she owned. She knew how it was like to have nothing, so she kept everything.
i hate selling anything i own, you gotta remember if its an older person-they had more time to collect things, if they ok with it then leave them be,as long as others dont suffer from that
The local government has failed these neighbors that had to live with this health and code violations. Shame on them for not doing their job. These people pay taxes and their salary.🤨
Lol welcome to California
The reason why they don't care is due to the fact that it would cost a good 20 to 50 grand or more to get it to code and clean it up. Then they bill the home owner whom doesn't have the money and the home owner will do it again.
My solution. If people want to live like this, then set up cheap housing next to the city dump and let them live there. Every hoarder you come across can live at the city dump or a nice junk yard. Relocate them to where they will be comfortable.
Yep, if I put out bags of leaves on the sidewalk before a certain day, I get a citation. The sanitation department failed to do its job.
Naw they probably want to run the established homeowners out of the neighborhood then have their good ole boys swoop in and buy everything dirt cheap.
@@Ed.01 that too.
The neighbors shouldn't have to pay taxes if the city won't do anything. Cockroaches and rats/mice can spread from house to house if it's that bad
Exactly!
Agreed. Actually the city should pay everyone living in the immediate vicinity of that house. I’d have hired a lawyer and gone after the city. That house devalues the entire neighborhood.
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Nope. I bet there is no HOA. Many choose to not live in HOA place and this kind of stuff can happen. It not the city responsibility.
Can't believe the city still has not stepped in.
typical California
If it don’t pass the property line I don’t see a problem
Yep lazy mofos....💯💯💯
@@KillenEMsoftly its wierd you say that when in red states the ideology of being a republican is not having the government tell you what to do. I guess deep down you're a democrat time to switch colors
@@JoseDuran-jv4uu you from California?
The neighbors could probably throw their trash on his property and none would notice
Or maybe they did
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They should tbh, right over the pile and infront of his front door
The guy has officially became a danger to himself! Courts need to intervene and have him removed!
And moved where?
Authorities can't force them to move from here, it's their property
@@danko5866 Well, Adult Protective Services can. They can also file a court case to determine mentally incompetent/extreme harm to self and assume adult guardianship. Courts try not to intervene unless absolutely necessary. This appears to be very necessary.
They have to have laws on obstricting view and drawing attention to pests.
@@Knowledge_wisdomwins True, but they can refuse/withdrawal consent to services offered by APS agency. So it's more of a personal choice
literally the epitome of “burn the whole house down”
If fireworks were allowed last 4th of July, someone could have accidentally on purpose hit that mess with a Roman candle.
Burn baby 🔥
That's one hell of a bonfire, man.
This is rediculous that they haven’t done anything for over 10 years.
insane.
yes so Crazy
I am a hoarder myself and I know the struggle to throw things away which can still be used. But this is even way out of my imagination.
@A P Other than food I don't buy much. I save things from the dumpster. People give me clothes they don't wear etc.
@@EmmaShadyLilly just stop tho
Same... I don't have a car so I tend to "hoard" things.. but it's really just that I need to be "self sufficient". if something goes wrong in the house I need to be able to fix something w/o leaving the house (because I can't walk 2 miles to the store and 2 miles back for some pipe insulation.. then there's fact of bringing it home...) I'm not actually a hoarder.. not yet anyway lol. I would never let it get that far. and I'm clean.. I clean every day. kitchen, bathroom, vacuum, windows.. I clean the fridge out now and then. (I actually don't like leftovers so I rarely have any in the fridge anyway).
Watching hoarders helps me keep my "collecting" in check.
@@Kristinapedia I'm still in the restauration process of my house. I have used roof tiles that shall replace the old ones on my barn. Wooden beams for building or as fire wood. Old windows for a green house etc. I collect these things when ever because I couldn't afford to by them new.
It’s sad what mental health disorders can do to people. Wish more of us had compassion for those afflicted.
Be pretty funny if the inside was just spotless!!
Amen
Jesus has compassion
@@Onn325 who?
@@patmartin2730 Jesus
I couldn't imagine living next to a house like that. It must be so frustrating, for his neighbors.
At least he respects the neighbour boundary. His junk is piled precisely on his side of the fence 😂
Right!🤣
But the smell overflows. Hahahah
It should never be allowed to get that bad. Isn’t there city laws prohibiting such behavior?
California
Yes its a fire hazard. Same reason why we gotta mow our lawn.
He's just trying to replicate the country that they all came from. I'm surprised that the neighborhood doesn't embrace it.
Not for private property.
They closed down the asylums to help people.
Imagine if he lived in an HOA. First gum wrapper that hit the ground and he's be fined $500 dollars, lol.
That wouldn't be a bad idea. Lol
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HOA? Would anyone mind telling me what that abbreviation stands for?
@@brookiebrook7760 Homeowner Association. It's a community where housing must be conformed to certain regulations or else you can be penalized.
@@brookiebrook7760 Home Owners Association. They're the people overseeing the properties in something like those affluent gated communities you'll see usually.
I'm surprised none of the neighbors tried to take the law into their own hands. What a terribly unfair, unhealthy and unsafe situation.
I'd say the trash that seeps onto your property is fair game to throw away.
@@Cacowninja I think that's a law that applies to fallen branches or fruit that lands in your garden, but IDK if it means ordinary junk. Besides, it would cost them money to haul away, and maybe the homeowner would be upset & angry at them. I feel it's better to ask if they need help to categorise what they want to keep. That way they can choose to clear up their own stuff.
Love the older lady. Just like my grandma, always keeps a record of anything and everything that goes on
The fact this hasn’t been burned completely to the ground is astonishing
Accidentally of course , right ?
I was thinking the same thing...where did I put that burning match??
I was just thinking I would line my property line with Tiki Torches and they would be lit around the clock.
That’s what my dad used to always yell when he got fed up with how messy my room was as a kid. “This is a FIRE HAZARD you’re gonna burn down the WHOLE HOUSE” 🤣
this is so sad bc it’s so hard for some people to let go of things
I read that in a teenage boys voice lol
Things? Its one thing to save your prom dress but these people save Trash...wrappers, cartons of old good, expired food in fridge...its junk
@@annagarcia1527 Yes, the owner is obviously not in their right mind tho'.
A normal person would gradually deal with this until it was all cleared away. It's sad that they can't enjoy their own garden too. I would love to have more space to plant, and they could start a great garden area in that wasted space.
I feel really bad for this person who is obviously very very sick. But he's living in a health and fire hazard that's putting the community at risk. He needs to get help! asap
I pray that he gets the help that he needs so he can live a happy life without living in a disaster. Then they can get this eyesore cleaned up.
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@@kaito-fukasejam8387 Yep, nobody has spoken about the hoarder, it's a suffering and a responsibly of all the community including the person with this disorder.
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At least it’s so perfectly within their own property lines. The edges of the junk look like they were carved with a hedge trimmer!
But the critters and smell doesn't care about property lines
@@fajarkurniawan9434 So true. Yuck!
I was on the chopping block for not mowing my lawn for several months...how does this even happen?
I am happy to read that the hoarding homeowner has received some assistance with cleanup. It shouldn't take shaming and embarrassing people on the news to get a sincerely helpful response in this world.
They did it to themselves... Wdy mean shaming????? They've been telling them and reporting them for 10 YEARS!
@@Aj-zt3fb it’s a mental health thing
Neighbors have a right to have their surroundings to be clean. They don’t want roaches and rats in their homes so if it comes down to shaming then so be it mental illness or not
He shamed his darn self if this had never appeared on the news.🙄
@@bmack6743 There’s laws that govern the mentally ill as well as the sane. You don’t get to run amok, and that’s what this is in the name of mental illness. You seek help, accept help, take meds and face another day.
Who just randomly started watching inside edition and now watches it everyway
Me
I feel bad for the homeowner. He signed a "right to entry" so the county can come and clear this up. It was a clear sign for help. Hoarding is a sign of underlying mental illness.
You feel bad for the owner? What about the neighbors that have to live near that filthy house? Their property value likely decreased so much, they have no option but to stay. Mental illness or not, it’s never ok to be selfish and inconvenience others.
@@bigfranchise
@St Francis
Actually I feel sorry for you also @St. Francis. It appears your reasoning and cognitive function is failing you as well :(
@@majormediaproductions you can’t even provide a counter argument so you resort to insults. Nice 😂
@@bigfranchise
OH I CAN believe me you're just not worth it😜
@@majormediaproductions 😂 new favorite reply
They need help. There's a big trauma hidden under there that they're trying to fill with things.
The owner is a rock climber who has been practicing climbing over his man-made mountain!!!
That’s embarrassing for a city not to take action against the homeowner
What's embarrassing is they didn't help them get well. The problem isn't a mess. The problem is a mental disorder. The mess is just a symptom. If cleaned and the person left untreated it would happen again.
@@theoryofpersonality1420 Agreed. This is clearly something that got worse for them, until it got beyond them.
I'm so glad to have friends who helped me move house without breaking anything. It's stressful enough to move home when you only have what you need. I think they lack friends.
Surely there is a way to help hoarders, not hurt them for a condition that they need to overcome? It's 2021, there must be effective therapy to treat them so they can get back to themselves & let those bags go.
Imagine the property value going down because your neighbor has issues.
Well, I'm sure that person is immune to all bacteria.
The solution is simple: condemn the home and evict the hoarder. The city could have had this done years ago if they actually cared. The hoarder needs mental help and being allowed to stay there is not helping them.
The part about bugs coming to the neighbor's house just because the trash from a different house got that disgusting is so upsetting.
How did it get so bad?
Honestly I’m shocked someone on that block hasn’t taken things into their own hands: throwing huge piles of his stuff to the curb on garbage day, filling one of those sprayers exterminators use to fill with bleach & spray the entire pile or just doing any number of other things to drive the owner crazy forcing him to move or take some action with that pile
@@RKLS90 cause that would be stealing lol
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@@ManuelGarcia-dq6vr you down bad, its just sad
@@ManuelGarcia-dq6vr creep alert 🚨 👀. And your profile was just created 5 days ago, red flags left & right.
This would be the BEST episode on hoarders EVER!!!
My uncle in Orange County was a hoarder although not to that extent. After he passed, I spent a week cleaning up the back yard - hauled many tons of metal and garbage out but just touched the tip of the iceberg. The house wasn’t terrible but the garage was piled to the ceiling. What a nightmare.
What you describe is actually pretty bad. My parents hoarded in their basement, and their dining room table was covered in paperwork- bills and mailers, etc. I wore a respirator & cleared out the basement. It took a month, and at least 20 bags of trash - plus a lot of old broken up furniture. They were cantankerous but you have to intervene. I bet the owner of this house probably alienated their family and no one wants to put up with them.
I really feel for this hoarder. My mom is one. They use all this stuff to protect a severely wounded soul and can’t see out of it literally and figuratively
My late mom hoarded too but it was nothing near this bad. It was partially due to the hard life she had. My cousin in law is the same way.
The stuff is used a shield. I wish there was a way to help people that feel the need to do this not feel like that.
Same here. Hoarding can be bad because it makes you keep too much things which in the end of life is not good. It is a lot of work to clean up someone’s hoarding.
@@brycefujimoto8023 Exactly and my late dad hoarded a lot of trash that I had to clean up after he passed away. It was all literally junk that people threw away but he would pick up, bring home and put it in his room. His room was messy and cluttered but it was not anything this bad. It took me awhile to clean it all up and to throw everything away.
Poor whoever is living inside this house, I know they’re struggling and feeling alone. I hope they will accept the help that’s offered to them. My heart feels for them.
Huh? What if you were his neighbor? Thoughts and prayers don't pay the rent.
Then why don't you go and help rather then typing your ass here for a sympathy
@@petepeter1857 then go pay their rent
@@Capsensor same
@@carollann26 What a dumb response. No surprise.
Unfortunately not many people know that hoarding can be a mental issue .
Yeah, the mental issue of laziness..
@@AndyC1 please look it up with some people it is a mental disorder.
@Andy C depression is a big issue with hoarding
@@AndyC1 It ain't laziness in this case.
That doesn't excuse it.
If it was a garden surrounding his property the city would be all over it!
Happened to me. I was growing the dreaded organic vegetables.
@@elizabethstatom4456 How dare you!!
What's wrong with a garden ????
@@thetessellater9163 Usually bylaws say you can't grow anything, can't keep rabbits for food, and sometimes you can't even collect rainwater or you will be fined.
'murica...land of the free.
@@thetessellater9163 Exactly !
I bet if someone set that on fire, the city would move a little quicker to get it cleaned up.
😉 Finally a smart comment!
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Except the risk of it spreading to the neighbors home
I would if I lived by that!
I'd agree if there wasn't a huge potential for a gas explosion, otherwise hell yeah.
The city shouldn't have let it gotten that bad to begin with. Just sad
NO THE GONE OWNER SHOULDN'T HAVE
@@damien1781 in this case the city should've done something cause the owner clearly wasn't doing anything to clean up the mess
They should be removed from their home if they won’t clean this mess up. This is disgusting and absolutely ridiculous.
I agree. I know they have a mental illness but that's no excuse to let things get this bad. I would send this man to rehab to get help and get rid of all of his stuff ASAP if I were on the city council.
their neighbors should be offering to help them, not remove them from their home. They obviously need help.
Agreed!! It's dangerous for the neighborhood. That's a fire hazard. I can't imagine how much stressed his neighbors go through. They've had to put up with this for 10 years. The man is a sick and selfish person.
I agree!!!
@@RLaraMoore how about you let them live with you and you can nurse them back to good health 🤠
This is criminal. This is a major health hazard. People have a right to live in a safe, clean environment. CRIMINAL.
The city and county should have never allowed this to happen.
fire the code "enforcement" officer and those responsible. they have been failing for 10 years.
Exactly. Makes you think its fake
What’s even worse is knowing the fact that this person had an attachment to everyone of these items
THIS.
R even the banana peel
@@chun_lisfii3596 LMAO
@@chun_lisfii3596 lol maybe it could be the first banana they had.
The lengths some people will go to distance themselves from other people is truly astonishing.
the scariest thing is if 1 tiny tiny tiny thing causes a fire in that house, that whole neighborhood will be on fire
My mom grew up poor and she's a hoarder. I grew up with boxes all around me and hated it.
Today, I'm in my thirties and I too have hoarding tendencies. So everytime I feel I'm accumulating things I don't need, I start getting rid of them.
Sometimes, rarely, I regret throwing/giving something away cause later on, I end up wanting to use or wear it but it's gone. Still, I rather have an uncluttered apartment than be surrounded by things.
as a neighbor, I'd just call a private junk collector and pay for removal WITHOUT his permission.
Call A&E’s Hoarders they should get that cleared up in no time. I recently did a garage and room cleanup - it was quite good to see organized spaces.
Those neighbors could never sell their homes next to this atrocity. Shame on the city for this.
The fact that it takes for the city to get blasted all over the news for them to do something is astounding.
The temptation to accidentally trip into the pile while carrying a lit match must be overwhelming for their neighbors
Acid! Would be a good solution lol
@@jeskeepinitreal light up the hoarders house and stand back with a fire extinguisher making sure it doesn't reach yours, ez pz
@@jeskeepinitreal , I suppose digging a trench between your houses, calling the fire department, and standing outside with not one, but two fire extinguishers BEFORE accidentally dropping the match might look somewhat premeditated...
...I feel like after twenty years, though, you could pretty easily qualify for some kind of fire insurance...
Just...don't mention to them anything about your neighbors...
The potential size and length of that fire isn't worth it
Sad that good ppl can’t afford homes and this person is allowed to live like this…
I'm sorry, I understand hoarding is a mental illness and that people can't control it but when it gets to this point where its actively affecting the lives of the neighbors, causing roaches and other vermin to infiltrate their clean homes, decreasing the property values of the entire block and it's been going on for 10 years? I'm sorry but my compassion is gone. I would just be livid and furious. At this point the hoarder is forcing his neighbors to live in a sense if the squalor by having to see and deal with it every day and that's unacceptable. And imagine the smell! The city needs to evict the homeowner and place them somewhere they won't be a danger to themselves or others.
I would of just set the place on fire, without the owner inside of course but yeah
I agree
This should be more than enough proof of a hazard for neighbors!
@@robertvega1101 that popped into my mind too. Unfortunately any fire set to that pile of junk would undoubtedly engulf the other houses.
@lady_lithium
Evict a homeowner??? Don't be silly 😩😩😩
You can evict a tenant, not a homeowner.
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Hoarder: yes ✨
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That is no different than living next to a dump. No one in their right mind would buy a house next to a dump.
They should've been on the show Hoarders, I bet Robin Zasio would've been able to make something happen.
Matt Paxton is the man!!
Wheres Corey Chalmers?!
@@megceleste I'm sure A&E has enough funds to cover that, especially considering they've done episodes where there's feces covering the house and bio hazards.
Can’t even knock on the door to introduce themselves
I've really never seen hoarding on the outside to this magnitude
@Omar Zazzle uh no... but thanks for giving me an insight on what your household is like.
Right, I thought hoarders mainly kept a lot of stuff inside.
I guess they hate gardening.
Adult Protective Services should've stepped in with that hoarder. This is a true case of the city failing the person whose in that house as well as the neighbors.
More like the parents failed them
Also its their property
Imagine what the inside of the house looks like
I'm sure it's spotless. ,😉
This is honestly how it feels when I don’t clean my room for a week.
It's really upsetting that there's so many homeless people, but this person has a home and treats it like this. If they have a mental health condition, then somebody should step in to to stop this!
If is the wrong word, he does have trauma that enables him to see this stuff as protection. He needs help and I sincerely hope he receives it.
@@surikarimi7002 That what I notice about hoarders. It's usually due to trauma they had suffered in their life. Hoarding objects is their way of coping.
Help the person. He's screaming for help.
Unfortunately most hoarders do have a mental problem with little resources. Especially if their own family gives up or if they don’t have a family
"somebody should step in to HELP" fixed it for you
My aunt's a hoarder. She keeps all things she feels emotionally connected with, from the cola bottle somebody gave her 15 years ago to a torn giftwrap of a special gift somebody gave her. She even keeps receipts of restaurants where she and her first bf ate from. Her house is full of them. She lives with my other aunt's house now bec of all the things she keeps in her house stops her from living there. Her house has a lot of things and we're not even allowed to go inside or even touch any of them. She tried therapy but that didn't work, she still hoardes. I mostly think she keeps these things to feel secure and to compensate for something that is lacking in her.
Thanks for sharing this, is very eye opening into the thought process of some hoarders
Sad.
thats kinda cool tho,remembering all the items and what they remind her of. If she really like this stuff then get a big shed and store it outside the house,hoarder or not , it represents history and when you get old all you have left is memories, put it in a storage, trinkets like that dont need climate control,maybe mold control,when she no longer around you can get rid of it
She's unable to connect with people in a healthy way, the closest she can is by attaching herself with these objects and what they represent. She needs a visual confirmation of those memories, otherwise it's like they'll cease to exist. There's probably a fear of rejection underneath, she should definitely keep trying different therapists until she feels safe to let it go. Let go of this illusion she came up with in order to keep these stories alive.
Woman's school, by January Donovan. If you don't do your homework and journal, you will never rewire your brain. It's takes skill to stop hesitating and make a choice.
Not saying it will cure her mental illness...but maybe it will make whatever trauma that triggered it to finally start healing.
We limit ourselves with the scripts that were wired, and that we have wired into our brains.
Its a mental health issue and not funny. This person needs help and understanding. This person needs love and kindness.
Good lord... someone please help this person. This person is ill.
This is so heart-wrenching.
The man has refused help.
I'd rather sleep on a cold park bench than in that landfill
If the outside looks like that, I can imagine what inside the home looks like 🤦🏻♀️
We can’t stand how strict our HOA is and hate the monthly fee we have to pay. One thing I do like and thankful for is they would never let this happen in our neighborhood!
So true!
@Cookie Food Depends on who is on the Board.