West Lothian Council is working with emergency and health services to look at the best ways to help hoarders, as they admitted the scale of the problem was not fully known
The Community Safety Board heard that hoarding - where people amass unmanageable amounts of possessions or rubbish has long been identified as an issue by housing officers.
While it’s become a popular staple of TV programmes, hoarding often remains unrecognised and secretive, but all consuming. It is anxiety driven behaviour which fuels social isolation and low self esteem.
