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City Councilor Henrietta Davis calls the injuries and evictions that can sometimes result from hoarding ''terribly tragic,'' and has asked for a task force of Cambridge agencies to work on the problem. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) |
Cambridge
Cambridge reaches out to those who can't stop hoarding
City reaching out to those who hoard
Their homes overflow with stacks of newspapers, piles of clothes, or even toilet paper tubes. Hoarders - people who accumulate objects to the point that it interferes with their ability to carry out daily activities - are sometimes trivialized as best suited for assistance from Oprah or the Container Store. But an estimated 15 million Americans suffer from the condition, ... (Full article: 836 words)
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