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 651 of 16,227 decisions matching "investigation"

Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202502221 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom second floor flat. […]
Case 202502221 · 17 Oct 2025
Peabody Trust (202445643) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202445643 Decision type Investigation Landlord Peabody Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom flat which is located within a […]
Case 202445643 · 17 Oct 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202500059 Decision type Investigation Landlord Saffron Housing Trust Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom bungalow. She is disabled […]
Case 202500059 · 17 Oct 2025
Southern Housing (202429318) Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202429318 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident has an assured tenancy with the landlord. She lives in […]
Case 202429318 · 17 Oct 2025
Southwark Council (202428780) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202428780 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southwark Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom semi-detached house with her husband and […]
Case 202428780 · 17 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202427475 Decision type Investigation Landlord Birmingham City Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 16 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bed flat within a high-rise block. […]
Case 202427475 · 16 Oct 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for information regarding the materials used on the building. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of the investigation.
Case 202214477 · 16 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202337556 Decision type Investigation Landlord Hyde Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 16 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom, second floor flat […]
Case 202337556 · 16 Oct 2025
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
Abri Group Limited (202425919) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about: The removal of a solar panel. Carpet in the communal area. Our investigation will also consider the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202425919 · 15 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202429120 Decision type Investigation Landlord Aster Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Shared Ownership Date 15 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a first floor flat of a block. There […]
Case 202429120 · 15 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202407259 Decision type Investigation Landlord Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Leaseholder Date 10 October 2025 Background The resident is a leaseholder of a […]
Case 202407259 · 15 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 202425812 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Leaseholder Date 14 October 2025 Background The resident lives with his family in a 2-bedroom flat […]
Case 202425812 · 14 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
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202332741 Decision type Investigation Landlord A2Dominion Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Shared Ownership Date 9 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 1 bedroom, third-floor flat. Some […]
Case 202332741 · 13 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 (202401836) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202401836 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Shared Ownership Date 13 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom ground floor flat. What the complaint is […]
Case 202401836 · 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: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202413104 Decision type Investigation Landlord Clarion Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Leaseholder Date 10 October 2025 Background The resident owns the property, a 1-bedroom third floor flat, and […]
Case 202413104 · 10 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of a power surge in the property. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202340986 · 23 Sep 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repair issues in the property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of the investigation.
Case 202418681 · 26 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the leaseholder’s request: To replace the guttering, fascia, soffits and gable end. To repair a leak from the roof. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of the investigation.
Case 202447306 · 19 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the communal roof above the resident’s home. Response to his concerns about pigeons nesting in the roof cavity above his property. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s handling …
Case 202342384 · 17 Apr 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of issues with her windows. This investigation also considers the landlord’s complaint handling and record keeping.
Case 202231157 · 11 Mar 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Antisocial behaviour from her neighbour. Drainage issues. The investigation also considers the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202333489 · 28 Feb 2025
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to repair rather than replace the resident’s kitchen. This investigation will also consider the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202412505 · 5 Feb 2025
Peabody Trust (202304896) Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of water ingress from the roof and resulting damp in the property. This investigation also considers the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202304896 · 31 Jan 2025
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The resident’s complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of repair reports relating to: Drainage issues. A broken living room window. A bathroom extractor fan. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202333396 · 20 Dec 2024
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of an investigation into structural concerns about the property. The Ombudsman has also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202320562 · 28 Nov 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: Old Complaints Handling categories
This complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s: Request for a transfer to another property in the block when it became available. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) by a neighbour. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s handling …
Case 202320791 · 25 Nov 2024
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould. A repair to a fence in the resident’s garden. The resident’s requests for aids and adaptations. The resident’s request for a move to a more …
Case 202347195 · 29 Oct 2024
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of rodents in the property. Handling of the resident’s concerns about loft insulation. This investigation also considers the landlord’s record keeping and complaint handling.
Case 202325559 · 17 Oct 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s complaints about its handling of roof repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling. Both elements of this investigation involve the landlord’s handling of and response to the resident’s complaint. The investigation considers …
Case 202318336 · 26 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request that it restore the condition of the garden following an asbestos investigation. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202314459 · 17 Sep 2024
Two Rivers Housing (202219820) Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of damp in the property. Decision not to decant the resident and her family during associated investigations. Handling of the associated complaint. This investigation also considers the landlord’s record …
Case 202219820 · 17 Sep 2024
Southern Housing (202230390) Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This investigation is about the landlord’s handling of repairs in the resident’s home.
Case 202230390 · 23 Aug 2024
Home Group Limited (202301937) Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of water penetration to the property and associated damp. Complaint handling. This investigation also considers the landlord’s record keeping.
Case 202301937 · 16 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of: Repairs at the property following the resident’s reports of leaks and drainage issues. The resident’s concerns regarding staff conduct. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202312336 · 30 Jul 2024
ForHousing Limited (202314204) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak, the associated repairs and reports of damp and mould. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint, and the level of compensation offered.
Case 202314204 · 19 Jul 2024
Homes Plus Limited (202312600) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of repairs to the outhouse of the resident’s property. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Case 202312600 · 21 Jun 2024
Southern Housing (202224917) Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of several repairs. This investigation also considers the landlord’s complaint handling and record keeping.
Case 202224917 · 21 Jun 2024
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property. Handling of the subsequent temporary decant of the resident. This investigation also considers the landlord’s complaint handling and record keeping.
Case 202316078 · 7 Jun 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: Repairs to the resident’s boiler, a leak from a pipe, and damage to a ceiling. The resident’s concerns about damage caused to her carpet by the leak. The Ombudsman has also considered …
Case 202301029 · 30 May 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the resident's reports of noise nuisance from a neighbour. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of this investigation.
Case 202210482 · 29 Apr 2024
Peabody Trust (202222880) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s response to the resident’s repair reports regarding damp and mould. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202222880 · 25 Apr 2024