A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide
A respectful place to begin - whether you are looking for support for yourself, worried about someone you love, or trying to respond to a safety, housing, or practical concern.
Start here - Fight the Blight
Our virtual groups give people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns a place to connect from Los Angeles and other communities. We can help you think through what is happening and what kind of next step may fit.
Call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, or immediate threat. For mental-health crisis support in Los Angeles County, call 1-800-854-7771 or call or text 988. For countywide resource navigation, call 211.
First conversations
You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.
Fight the Blight offers virtual support groups for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns. Reach out from Los Angeles to ask about current group options and the best place to begin. This is a nonprofit, peer-centered starting point - not emergency or clinical care.
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health's current online resource guide identifies a GENESIS-Older Adults Hoarding Task Force and provides a county contact connected with older-adult services. Because the guide is a reference document rather than a live intake portal, confirm current scope, staffing, referral process, and service area before relying on it.
UCLA's Semel Institute describes an in-person intensive treatment program for adults with moderate to severe OCD and/or Hoarding Disorder. The program uses exposure-based cognitive-behavioral treatment and requires an evaluation before placement. Ask about current eligibility, waitlist, insurance, private-pay costs, and whether an intensive format fits.
211 LA is a locally based nonprofit guide to Los Angeles County health and human services, including housing, food, health, mental health, financial, and other support. Call to explain the situation and ask for current local options, language access, eligibility, and whether a referral is available. It is not an emergency service.
Safety and stability
These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve protective services, inspection, housing screening, or emergency dispatch.
The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety investigates code violations involving existing commercial buildings, hotels, motels, and single-family residential buildings. The City directs complaints involving duplexes and apartment buildings to the Los Angeles Housing Department. This is an inspection and enforcement pathway, not a supportive cleanup service; call 911 for immediate danger.
The ACCESS Center is Los Angeles County's entry point for mental-health services and can provide screening, assessment, referrals, crisis counseling, interpreter services, and crisis evaluation-team support. It is not a cleanup or long-term organizing service. Call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, immediate danger, or a situation requiring emergency dispatch.
LA County describes an alternative crisis response pathway staffed by mental-health clinicians and community health workers. Call the County's 24/7 line so staff can assess whether an in-person Field Intervention Team is appropriate. This is for a mental-health crisis, not a routine clutter referral; call 911 for immediate medical or physical danger.
LA County APS is available 24/7 for situations involving older adults age 60 and over and dependent adults age 18-59 who are physically or mentally impaired, including suspected neglect, self-neglect, abuse, exploitation, isolation, or risk of homelessness. Anyone may report. This is a protective-services pathway, not a general clutter referral line; urgent matters may receive an immediate response.
For non-emergency city concerns, Los Angeles 311 can route residents to the appropriate department. The City directs problems involving exterior hoarding to the Los Angeles Fire Department and explains separate housing and building code pathways. This can involve inspection or enforcement, not supportive care; ask about the likely response before making a report.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority explains that its Coordinated Entry System connects people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to housing-crisis resources. The page lists separate access routes for adults, families, and youth, including shelter information. This is not a guarantee of same-day shelter or permanent housing; confirm current availability and eligibility.
People and practical help
These listings offer local connections for education, care, organizing, or cleanup. They are independent organizations; ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
Los Angeles County’s Aging and Disability Resource Connection offers person-centered information and referral, options counseling, short-term service coordination, and transition support. The County says people can access the network through 211 LA or its partner agencies. Ask about the person’s city or county, eligibility, current availability, and whether the concern fits long-term services and supports.
The City of Los Angeles says LASAN can collect large household items such as beds, couches, and refrigerators free of charge, with requests made through MyLA311. The City also lists S.A.F.E. Centers for household hazardous waste and electronics. Confirm the current request process, accepted materials, curb placement, and whether the address is within City limits before moving anything outside.
The International OCD Foundation directory can help people search for hoarding-related therapists, programs, support groups, and task forces. Availability, licensure, insurance, fees, and location can change; use it as a starting point and confirm every detail with the provider.
This independent provider advertises hoarding remediation, estate clear-outs, professional organizing, senior downsizing, and code-enforcement support in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The listing is not an endorsement. Ask for a written scope, pricing, insurance, disposal plan, pace, consent process, and whether the work matches the level of health or safety risk.
This Southern California provider advertises biohazard, trauma-scene, and hoarding cleanup. It is not affiliated with Fight the Blight or the Alliance. Before agreeing to work, request a written scope, pricing, insurance, worker training, disposal plan, pest or biohazard coverage, and a process that respects the person's consent and involvement.
This Los Angeles-based organizer advertises professional organizing and de-hoarding services. It is an independent private provider, not a clinical or emergency service. Ask about current service area, rates, pace, privacy, consent, donation and disposal practices, and whether the provider has the training and capacity needed for the situation.
The Peer Tree offers nonclinical hoarding and clutter support, including organizing help, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps. Ask about current availability, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, and fees before beginning. The Peer Tree is a separate private-pay pathway from Fight the Blight’s nonprofit programming.
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, is a judgment-free digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and for friends and family. It can offer ongoing connection, tools, and momentum from Los Angeles or anywhere else. It is not therapy, clinical care, or emergency support.
A note from the Alliance
A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a county or city agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.
Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight