Housing Ombudsman Decisions

Formal casework decisions from the Housing Ombudsman Service on complaints against social landlords in England. Decisions include maladministration findings, reasonable redress, and cases outside jurisdiction.

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Showing 543 of 16,227 decisions matching "tenancy"

Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202408862 Decision type Investigation Landlord Hyde Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 16 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 1-bedroom ground-floor flat. What the complaint […]
Case 202408862 · 16 Oct 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202413205 Decision type Investigation Landlord Orbit Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 16 October 2025 Background The resident lives in supported housing. She has complained about how […]
Case 202413205 · 16 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202453230 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 15 October 2025 Background The property is a […]
Case 202453230 · 15 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202447347 Decision type Investigation Landlord Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 14 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a first floor flat. He […]
Case 202447347 · 14 Oct 2025
Stonewater Limited (202426493) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202426493 Decision type Investigation Landlord Stonewater Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 14 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom flat with her son. She has […]
Case 202426493 · 14 Oct 2025
ForHousing Limited (202435463) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202435463 Decision type Investigation Landlord ForHousing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 13 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 1-bedroom flat. She has COPD and mental […]
Case 202435463 · 13 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202335927 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 13 October 2025 Background 1. The resident reported damp and mould to the landlord […]
Case 202335927 · 13 Oct 2025
Southern Housing (202427982) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202427982 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 13 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 1-bedroom house with a storage heating system. […]
Case 202427982 · 13 Oct 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s tenancy succession application. The resident’s request to appoint an authorised representative. The associated complaint.
Case 202302724 · 25 Sep 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: request to succeed her mother’s tenancy. complaint.
Case 202405373 · 22 Sep 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to succeed his late mother’s tenancy.
Case 202417200 · 18 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of disrepair to her flooring. The landlord’s failure to provide the resident with information about the presence of asbestos in her property at the start of her tenancy. The …
Case 202419658 · 12 Aug 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s stay in temporary accommodation, including its decision not to grant this as a permanent tenancy.
Case 202328004 · 6 Jun 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of leaks, damp, and mould. Concerns about her energy bills, rent account, and other tenancy issues. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202303220 · 28 May 2025
Havebury Homes (202304161) Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the granting of the resident’s starter tenancy.
Case 202304161 · 24 Apr 2025
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the condition of the resident’s property at the start of her tenancy.
Case 202309091 · 21 Mar 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for a copy of the original terms and conditions of his tenancy. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202322270 · 21 Mar 2025
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s rent account at the end of the tenancy.
Case 202322309 · 12 Mar 2025
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: An error on the resident’s tenancy agreement which impacted her mutual exchange application. The associated complaint.
Case 202310421 · 4 Mar 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to assign his tenancy to his daughter.
Case 202316526 · 28 Feb 2025
Complaint: Old Staff categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s application to it for financial support for her tenancy.
Case 202313788 · 13 Feb 2025
Livv Housing Group (202414782) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of concerns about: the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy. outstanding repairs at the property. pest infestation. staff conduct. antisocial behaviour (ASB). We have also considered the landlord’s complaint …
Case 202414782 · 10 Dec 2024
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to update her household details on her tenancy file. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202313685 · 5 Dec 2024
Peabody Trust (202318478) Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of repairs. Response to the resident's concerns about her contact details and her access to her tenancy account online. This investigation also considers the landlord’s complaint handling and record …
Case 202318478 · 28 Nov 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy and the landlord’s handling of subsequent repairs. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202318042 · 26 Nov 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The landlord’s response to the resident’s health issues and its handling of her request for adaptations and reasonable adjustments to be made. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of the property …
Case 202220147 · 12 Nov 2024
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the resident’s reports about the landlord’s handling of; Damp and mould and the subsequent remedial repairs in the property. The claim for damage to the household’s belongings. The management of the tenancy including audits and an …
Case 202231188 · 18 Oct 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s: Request to succeed to her mother’s tenancy. Associated complaint.
Case 202306125 · 14 Oct 2024
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of reports of roof leaks, major works, and reports that the property was not fit to let at the start of the tenancy. Complaint handling.
Case 202334600 · 27 Sep 2024
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s rent account including his late mother’s arrears after the resident succeeded the tenancy. The related complaint.
Case 202201904 · 27 Sep 2024
Complaint: Financial
The landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s report of the property condition from tenancy sign up. Communication around the rent and rent in advance payment prior to tenancy sign up. Visits after the tenancy started. The Ombudsman has also considered the …
Case 202306466 · 3 Sep 2024
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s request to assign her tenancy to her daughter.
Case 202308878 · 13 Aug 2024
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the applicant’s complaint regarding his discretionary tenancy application.
Case 202315949 · 31 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: repairs to the heating, hot water and ventilation systems in the property. the resident’s concerns about the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy. the associated complaint.
Case 202222581 · 31 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of repair and cleanliness issues in the property at the start of the tenancy. Reports of damp and mould. Associated formal complaint.
Case 202336218 · 25 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord’s response to concerns about the condition of the resident’s property when his tenancy commenced. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202231833 · 28 Jun 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to reports of rubbish accumulation in the resident’s garden and associated staff behaviour. Response to the resident’s request for a sole tenancy and associated universal credit (UC) claim. Complaint handling .
Case 202217008 · 30 May 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to accept a notice to quit the joint tenancy and re-grant sole tenancy to the resident’s wife. We have also considered the landlord’s: record keeping. complaint handling.
Case 202209790 · 26 Apr 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Decisions to issue the resident with tenancy warnings. Handling of his associated complaints.
Case 202122223 · 22 Apr 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about how the landlord handled: The resident’s reports of noise nuisance, antisocial behaviour and tenancy breaches from her upstairs neighbour. The resident’s concerns that the path outside her house and a corridor were being used inappropriately by …
Case 202017591 · 8 Mar 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202201763 · 27 Feb 2024
Peabody Trust (202207126) Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about its administration of his tenancy, including his rent account. The level of service provided to the resident by the landlord’s customer service hub. The landlord’s handling of the …
Case 202207126 · 26 Feb 2024
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the ending of the resident’s tenancy.
Case 202215988 · 21 Feb 2024
Home Group Limited (202230420) Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of recharges at the end of the resident’s tenancy. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202230420 · 13 Feb 2024
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for adaptations. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for reasonable adjustments. How the landlord responded to the resident’s concerns about the Tenancy Management …
Case 202205960 · 24 Jan 2024
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to succeed to her mother’s tenancy.
Case 202205460 · 23 Jan 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s application to succeed to her mother’s tenancy. Complaint handling.
Case 202127252 · 21 Dec 2023
Star Housing (202220505) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The information provided by the landlord before the resident accepted the tenancy. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request to alter the property. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord's complaint handling.
Case 202220505 · 15 Dec 2023
Ongo Homes Limited (202211954) Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the condition of the property at the start of the resident’s tenancy and how the subsequent repairs were handled by the landlord.
Case 202211954 · 30 Nov 2023
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) about a neighbour, following issue of tenancy warnings. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202110637 · 28 Nov 2023