I get the occasional question about tenants who are hoarders, and what rights the landlord has, and doesn’t have, to address this issue. The Residential Tenancies Act sets out the obligations that a tenant has, and one of them is to keep the premises reasonably clean. If the tenant is a hoarder, does that mean that the tenant has automatically breached the Residential Tenancies Act and can be evicted? The Access Review blog has tackled this question, and Sarah Eadie has wrote an informative blog post about human rights and accommodations.
Global TV Edmonton has also been covering the story of a family who is dealing with a mother who hoards. On their website, they have highlighted some of the services available in the province, and in Edmonton, to help.