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.
16,227
Total Decisions
11,758
Maladministration Found
2,212
No Maladministration
161
Severe Cases
Decisions by Year
Top Landlords by Volume
Clarion Housing Association Limited
817
Peabody Trust
522
London & Quadrant Housing Trust
517
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q)
488
Sanctuary Housing Association
360
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV)
313
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Common Topics (last 2 years)
Top Landlords
Clarion Housing Association Limited (817)
Peabody Trust (522)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (517)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (488)
Sanctuary Housing Association (360)
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (313)
Hyde Housing Association Limited (309)
The Guinness Partnership Limited (299)
Southern Housing (273)
Southwark Council (266)
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (239)
Notting Hill Genesis (229)
Showing 6,396 of 16,227 decisions
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 […]
Stonewater (2) Limited (202008221)
Maladministration
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.
Thames Valley Housing Association Limited (202008787)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint was about the landlord's response to the resident's:
Tower Hamlets Homes (202009013)
Maladministration
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. […]
Notting Hill Genesis (202002556)
Maladministration
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.
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.
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.
Guinness Housing Association Limited (202007002)
Maladministration
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.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202009410)
Maladministration
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.
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.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202011017)
Maladministration
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.
Thames Valley Housing Association Limited (202009548)
Maladministration
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.
Midland Heart Limited (202008032)
Maladministration
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 […]
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.
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.
LiveWest Homes Limited (202006136)
Maladministration
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.
Catalyst Housing Limited (202001741)
Maladministration
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.
London Borough of Hackney (202010288)
Maladministration
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.
Tower Hamlets Council (202005068)
Maladministration
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 […]
Adur District Council (202001176)
Maladministration
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.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202009699)
Maladministration
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.
The Riverside Group Limited (202007063)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to concerns that were raised about staff conduct.
Apna Ghar Housing Association Limited (202005601)
Maladministration
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 …
Midland Heart Limited (202003239)
Maladministration
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 …
One Housing Group Limited (202002660)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about:
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202009329)
Maladministration
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.
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.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (201914106)
Maladministration
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.
Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited (202009065)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of:-
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.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202012113)
Maladministration
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.
Leicester City Council (202007082)
Maladministration
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.
Stevenage Borough Council (202009309)
Maladministration
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.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202013429)
Maladministration
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.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (201912066)
Maladministration
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.
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.
One Housing Group Limited (202006022)
Maladministration
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.
Orbit Group Limited (202001893)
Maladministration
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 …
Waltham Forest Council (202004117)
Maladministration
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.
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.
London Borough of Hackney (202000798)
Maladministration
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.
Nottingham City Homes (201916141)
Maladministration
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.
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.
Islington Council (202006439)
Maladministration
The complaint is about the landlord’s:
London Borough of Hackney (202007684)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of noise transference from a neighbouring property.
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.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (201905765)
Maladministration
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.
Hexagon Housing Association Limited (202004092)
Maladministration
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:
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.
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).