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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Optivo (202009764) Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
REPORT COMPLAINT 202009764 Optivo 3 June 2021 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. This is set out […]
Case 202009764 · 7 Jun 2021
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of reports of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB). The complaint is also about the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202008221 · 7 Jun 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint was about the landlord's response to the resident's:
Case 202008787 · 7 Jun 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202009013 Tower Hamlets Homes 3 June 2021 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. […]
Case 202009013 · 3 Jun 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns and reports about the hot water provision affecting her property.
Case 202002556 · 2 Jun 2021
Camden Council (202010569) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of adaptations following an occupational therapist assessment. Complaint handling.
Case 202010569 · 28 May 2021
Citizen Housing (202007884) Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s ‘Voluntary Right To Buy’ (VRTB) application.
Case 202007884 · 28 May 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident has complained about the way the landlord handled repeated leaks through the kitchen and living room ceilings. The landlord’s complaint handling has also been assessed in this report.
Case 202007002 · 28 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of leaks in her property. Handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202009410 · 28 May 2021
Peabody Trust (201910038) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of defective windows. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 201910038 · 28 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a water leak from her kitchen waste pipe.
Case 202011017 · 27 May 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint relating to the condition of the roof.
Case 202009548 · 27 May 2021
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
REPORT COMPLAINT 202008032 Midland Heart Limited 25 May 2021 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. This is […]
Case 202008032 · 25 May 2021
Southwark Council (202011769) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repairs required to the kitchen window in his property the landlord’s handling of the resident’s formal complaint about the matter.
Case 202011769 · 25 May 2021
Haringey Council (202010916) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns the level of compensation offered to the resident following her reports of upsurges in her kitchen pipes.
Case 202010916 · 21 May 2021
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint refers to the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the implementation and extension of a single point of contact arrangement.
Case 202006136 · 21 May 2021
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Cracks to the bedroom window pane; Cracks to a shared wall between the property and the communal corridor; Water ingress into the property and; Complaint handling.
Case 202001741 · 20 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak from a neighbouring property.
Case 202010288 · 20 May 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202005068 Tower Hamlets Homes May 2021 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. This is […]
Case 202005068 · 20 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of damp and mould at the resident’s property. The complaint is also about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202001176 · 19 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repairs needed to the window frame and damp and mould at his property.
Case 202009699 · 18 May 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to concerns that were raised about staff conduct.
Case 202007063 · 18 May 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a damaged door in 2019. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a damaged door in September 2020. The landlord’s complaints handling. The landlord’s decision to recharge the …
Case 202005601 · 17 May 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the condition of the property following works to demolish the garage, in particular, exposed wiring and debris being left and the landlord’s response to this. The complaint is also about the landlord’s handling of a leak …
Case 202003239 · 17 May 2021
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about:
Case 202002660 · 17 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of water ingress to her bathroom ceiling from the property above her own.
Case 202009329 · 14 May 2021
Optivo (202012054) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint was about the landlord's response to the resident’s request for redress for a delayed roof repair.
Case 202012054 · 11 May 2021
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB); the resident’s reports of damp.
Case 201914106 · 11 May 2021
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of:-
Case 202009065 · 10 May 2021
Greenwich Council (202005808) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of damp and mould at the property. The complaint is also about the landlord’s delay in sending information to the Ombudsman.
Case 202005808 · 7 May 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about:- The landlord’s handling of repairs to the garden paths at the resident’s property; The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202012113 · 7 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property.
Case 202007082 · 7 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The leaseholder complains about the landlord’s response to his concerns about works carried out to the asbestos containing ceiling outside of his property.
Case 202009309 · 6 May 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the leaseholder’s reports of a leak affecting the property.
Case 202013429 · 5 May 2021
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The resident has complained about: the landlord’s response to reports of a gas leak from a neighbouring property and its handling of remedial works relating to the leak; the landlord’s complaint handling and the level of compensation offered.
Case 201912066 · 5 May 2021
Camden Council (202004959) Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). The landlord’s response to reports of the lift being out of order. Complaint handling.
Case 202004959 · 30 Apr 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The Complaint is about the landlord’s response to residents’ reports about: Disrepair to bedroom and conservatory windows and the subsequent mould issue. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202006022 · 30 Apr 2021
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s claim to replace the carpets at the property, following an acknowledged delay in completing a repair to a leak in the roof. The level of compensation for the acknowledged delay …
Case 202001893 · 30 Apr 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident has complained that the landlord has taken too long to resolve their reports of subsidence at the building where they live, and offered insufficient compensation in its response.
Case 202004117 · 30 Apr 2021
Wandsworth Council (202002164) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a partial refund of the water charges she had paid since the start of her tenancy. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202002164 · 30 Apr 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident complains about how the landlord handled reports of problems with the heating and hot water in the property and the level of compensation offered for the distress and inconvenience caused.
Case 202000798 · 29 Apr 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of repairs to the resident's property, the resident's requests for compensation and the landlord's handling of the complaint.
Case 201916141 · 29 Apr 2021
Southwark Council (201912677) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a faulty window. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of water penetration to the property. The landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 201912677 · 29 Apr 2021
Islington Council (202006439) Maladministration
The complaint is about the landlord’s:
Case 202006439 · 28 Apr 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of noise transference from a neighbouring property.
Case 202007684 · 28 Apr 2021
Lambeth Council (202011897) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the leaseholder’s reports of a leaking communal roof and the resulting internal water damage to the communal stairwell and the bedroom in the property.
Case 202011897 · 27 Apr 2021
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
This complaint is about the level of compensation awarded by the landlord to the resident for the incorrect information it provided before he purchased his property.
Case 201905765 · 23 Apr 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident complains about the landlord's response to her reports of repairs required at her property, in particular relating to:
Case 202004092 · 22 Apr 2021
MHS Homes Ltd (202011237) Maladministration
Complaint: Voluntary
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould at the property.
Case 202011237 · 21 Apr 2021
BCP Council (201915205) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Case 201915205 · 20 Apr 2021