Are Hoarders a Protected Class?

Remind your team that hoarders are part of a protected class—it is against the law to discriminate because they have a disability. Dangerous situations—fire hazards, unlivable conditions and infestations—should be addressed immediately.

Are hoarders part of a protected class?

Hoarding is a mental disability

People who suffer from hoarding are protected under fair housing law and are entitled to reasonable accommodations in the same way people with other mental or physical disabilities are.

Is being a hoarder a disability?

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has recently announced that compulsive hoarding is now considered a mental disability, and is therefore protected under the nation's various disability related laws; this includes the fair housing laws under The Civil Rights Act of 1968 and various state and local fair housing ...