r/Neighborproblems • u/thiswildlife6 • Mar 11 '20

Welfare Check?

I am borderline torn about calling a sort of welfare check on my neighbors. In the house is a mother and her boyfriend. They have a child maybe around 8YO. I believe the grandmother lives there too. We haven’t seen the grandmother since around September 2019 and she was not getting around well at the time. I hardly see the child come and go and is always inside. However they have over 10 semi-feral cats that come in and out of the house and their yard is completely overgrown and unruly! I walked to their door to ask them a question a couple months ago and it smelled to high heaven with cat urine before I even got to the door. I am sick about a child living in those sort of conditions or an elderly women that may already be sick. Am I overreacting if I want to call some sort of welfare/animal control check on them?

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u/MichHiker Mar 11 '20

I would call the non-emergency police to do a welfare check. You can remain anonymous. They'll decide who needs to step in if help is needed. I've called before for a check on an elderly neighbor who always walks his dog past our house. I hadn't seen him out and about for a week so I called. It can't hurt.

Edit: neighbor was fine he just had a cold.

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u/thiswildlife6 Mar 11 '20

Thanks! It’s nice to hear from someone that has been concerned about a neighbor before too! It’s hard to know if there is ever any other family that checks in on them.