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City News: Residents hopeful SPIDER program will help hoarders
April 29th, 2014
Christine Chubb
City News
Residents in one GTA neighbourhood say they are hopeful that an upcoming new program that focuses on hoarding will help eliminate the ongoing issue.
In December city council passed the SPIDER program, short for Specialized Interdivisional Enhanced Response, after more than three years of proposed bylaws and residents begging for solutions.
The program is designed to coordinate response to hoarding situations with city officials including fire, mental health and animal services.
Coun. Josh Matlow, who has been an advocate for changing the way the city deals with hoarders, says it’s a problem that affects people in neighbourhoods across the city.
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