Hoarders

Terri has never really been able to live in the home she bought as the house was filled with clutter from her hoarding. Terri and her boyfriend Kraig have always wanted to get married but the hoarding has stood in the way. Terri spends all her time as a live-in caregiver for an elderly gentleman and has hoarded clutter in his house as well. Her entire life hangs in the balance as her relationship and her career are in jeopardy. Terri is finding the process extremely difficult and is clashing with the cleanup process. She needs to organize her house, her client’s house and get her hoarding disorder under control. Will the Hoarders team of experts be able to complete the job or will Terri’s temper stop the process?

Tiffany never lived an independent life growing up as a person with special needs. She now lives with her sister Becky because the family home is dangerous and unlivable. Collecting thousands of discounted books over the years has damaged the family property to the point that it may collapse at any moment. Now Tiffany wants to build a new home and live a better life. With the help of the Hoarders team of experts Tiffany wants to clean up her life and build her dream house.

Paul faced the tragic loss of his partner, Skip, a few years ago. In place of dealing with the grief of his loss, Paul turned to collecting items to use in his interior design business. His massive hoard has now stressed his relationship with his immediate family. Paul has never met his niece and nephew due to the unsafe conditions of his home and the stress his family has endured. If Paul doesn’t clean up his hoard, he risks losing the only family support he has left. With the help of the team, Paul wants to clean up his once beautiful home and restore relationships with his family.

Carl and his mom used to have fun looking in trash cans to see what useful things they could find when he was a little kid. Now that Carl lives alone, he treasures his family home and old items as family heirloom. Carl spends a lot of his time still looking for useful and historical things in trash cans. He has literally made his house and yard a trash landfill. Carl faces millions of dollars in city code enforcement fines and possibly more jail time. With the help of the Hoarders team, Carl wants to clean up his life and get code enforcement off his back.

Carmen suffered the loss of her husband, Mike. After a neck injury, Carmen lost her job as a data management specialist. Being alone at home and having no job created anxiety that triggered Carmen’s hoarding disorder and online shopping. Carmen’s daughter Melissa is worried that Carmen’s life is spiraling out of control as she has shut out communications with much of the family. With the help of the Hoarders team, Carmen wants to clean up her home and get her hoarding disorder under control.