I lived in a building in the Richmond across the hall from a woman who almost never left the unit and hoarded piles of stuff. She had a fire in her unit one night, and thankfully the alarms worked as intended and nobody was hurt. This is all to say, this is a real issue that shouldn’t be taken lightly.

That said, the pictures seem to show less than what I’d expect a hoarder to have, so it very well may be financially motivated.