Environmental officers from the Marlborough District Council visited three properties with reported "unsanitary living conditions" from last July, and made developments in two old hoarding cases. She said a case involving a hoarding house closed late last year, three years after it opened, after living conditions were successfully improved. SUPPLIED The kitchen of a hoarding house in March 2017, which was signed off late last year after living conditions were successfully improved. Marlborough Mayor John Leggett said he imagined the council's environmental health officers dealt with some "very interesting cases". Deputy Mayor Nadine Taylor thanked the environmental officers, as positive outcomes helped both the affected person and their family.

Source: Stuff February 18, 2020 00:33 UTC