Daily Record

Edinburgh to host first ever event to help people with compulsive hoarding.

As well as affecting a person's health and wellbeing , the issue can become a public health problem and serious fire risk.

Founder of Life-Pod CIC, a social enterprise which helps affected people, Linda Fay said: "Until recently, health and social care teams were most likely to enforce 'clear outs' of people's homes.

"This is quite possibly the worst thing to do - as well as being extremely distressing for the sufferer, the recidivism (re-occurrence) rate following an enforced clear-out is 97%; making it an ineffectual exercise."

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