Resources for Hoarding Management Core Group, New Environment Action Team, Town Councils and Partners in Addressing Active Hoarding Cases

82 Ms Elysa Chen asked the Minister for National Development in light of active hoarding cases nearly doubling from about 250 in 2021 to about 450 in 2024, whether the resources available to the Hoarding Management Core Group, New Environment Action Team, Town Councils and partner social service agencies have increased at a commensurate rate.

Mr Chee Hong Tat: As of June 2025, the Hoarding Management Core Group and New Environment Action Team (NEAT) have decluttered 308 severe hoarding cases. We are also working on another 450 active hoarding cases, up from 253 in December 2021. This increase could be due to greater public awareness of hoarding in the community after NEAT was launched in January 2025, as well as efforts by the network coming together to identify cases early for intervention. With an ageing population, we may see an increase in the number of hoarding cases.

NEAT's approach helps us pool, coordinate and optimise available resources as a whole of society, involving volunteers and experts across the public, private and people sectors. This is a more effective and sustainable way of managing the hoarding cases.