Brad Baylis, a Windsor man who self-identifies as a hoarder is getting the help he's been hoping for from the Windsor hoarding coalition.

CBC News Windsor reported on the 62-year-old's plea for help on Tuesday. Since then, several professionals have offered their help.

Windsor Fire and Rescue Services runs the city's Hoarding Coalition, which the department started last year in reaction an increase of reported hoarding cases.

"Between 2014 and 2015 we have 17 active cases, and another one just this morning," said John Lee, chief fire prevention officer.

On Wednesday Baylis became the 18th case. He has been hoarding since he was a child. Baylis wanted help to clean his apartment, which is filled with newspapers and empty food containers, before he got evicted.

"We have dealt with him in the past and about a week-and-a-half ago he was actually here and asked for help," said Lee.

As a result, Baylis is now on a cleaning schedule.

Thursday, Windsor Fire and Rescue Services will deliver some blue and red boxes to Baylis' apartment to help him begin the process of clearing his clutter.

Hoarding cases on the rise

Family Services Windsor-Essex is one of 16 member agencies of the hoarding coalition.

"We have a new program that we are initiating, it is the hoarding response program," said Mehnaz Rafat, a social worker with Family Services Windsor-Essex. "The social worker is working one-on-one with the client, and when the client is ready to receive more services then we have support through a clutter coach who will help them address the situation at home."

Rafat said she's seen a recent increase in hoarding cases.

"We are developing a treatment program, a group treatment program that would commence this September," said Rafat. "We will have peer support groups that will be offered at family services."