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 953 of 16,227 decisions matching "borough"
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (202126740)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould. The associated formal complaint.
Haringey London Borough Council (202228697)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damaged windows. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202123994)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and noise. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Redbridge (202208497)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The landlord’s handling of: Reports of a leak coming from the property above, damp and mould in the property. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Ealing (202117829)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A roof leak and the associated repair works. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202207096)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of leaks into his property and resultant damage. A decant application. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202013480)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of repairs and information the landlord provided from the start of the tenancy. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Croydon (202216848)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of proposed actions from multi agency meeting to address reported antisocial behaviour. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Ealing (202229501)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a water leak into the property and the maintenance of the roof. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Swindon Borough Council (202125858)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the resident’s property. Complaint handling.
London Borough of Hillingdon (202201619)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of poor workmanship relating to balcony repairs.
London Borough of Enfield (202220213)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s property, including: damp in the bedroom, loose windows, cracks to the outside of the property, and, mice. The Ombudsman has also considered the associated complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202212612)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould.
Haringey London Borough Council (202202560)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: a request that it provide a service charge refund; the associated complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202102368)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The resident’s request for a new bathroom and a new front door. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of mould in her bathroom. The Ombudsman will consider the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Newham (202115536)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlords handling of the residents reports of noise nuisance. This investigation has also considered the landlords complaint management.
London Borough of Hillingdon (202230250)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of hot water and heating loss.
London Borough of Ealing (202221355)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of a broken communal main entrance door, to the building of her property. associated complaint.
Royal Borough Of Greenwich (202225827)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property.
Royal Borough Of Greenwich (202221543)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s bathroom, including reports of damp and mould, and repairs to the bath panel, the seal round the wash basin, and the extractor fan.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited (202208779)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident's reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Broxtowe Borough Council (202209993)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that it had blocked the resident’s access to her electricity meter. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping, and; Complaint handling.
Swindon Borough Council (202208774)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of requests for repairs to windows in the property, as well as the landlord’s response to requests for replacement of the kitchen and bathroom. The Ombudsman has decided to consider the landlord’s handling …
Slough Borough Council (202113255)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs following a water leak affecting the resident’s property. Communication and the associated complaint.
Brentwood Borough Council (202223856)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of its contractors entering her property unannounced.
London Borough of Croydon (202205866)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reporting of anti-social behaviour (ASB). This report has also considered: The landlord’s complaints handling. The landlord’s record keeping.
Colchester Borough Council (202110444)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Redbridge (202223569)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s handling of the replacement of the property’s front door. The associated formal complaint into the issue.
Wokingham Borough Council (202205406)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (202116999)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of a leak, damage to the property and subsequent request for a decant. Related complaint.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202210257)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the replacement of the resident's windows. The landlord's complaint handling.
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (202122294)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling the resident’s reports of leaks, damp and mould at the property; the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damage to her belongings and flooring because of the leak, damp, mould and associated …
Cheltenham Borough Homes Limited (202216212)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: a request for retrospective consent for building works; and the associated complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202219315)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a leak and resulting damage affecting her property.
Broxtowe Borough Council (202219034)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of damp and mould in her property; request for compensation for her personal belongings that had been damaged by the damp and mould. This Service has also considered the …
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (202205365)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of anti-social behaviour by a neighbour, which includes: threatening and physically abusive behaviour towards her and her family; sending handwritten notes; noise nuisance (loud music) at night; and the misuse of the communal …
Haringey London Borough Council (202215853)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the flooring following a central heating upgrade. The stairlift replacement. This Service has also considered the landlord’s: Complaint handling. Record keeping. The resident has also complained that the landlord has …
London Borough of Hackney (202216281)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of repairs to the property. The resident’s complaint.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (202219520)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the remedial repairs in the resident’s property following a leak.
Colchester Borough Council (202122725)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the condition of her new home. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about pests in the property.
London Borough of Croydon (202204778)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: report regarding noise nuisance from a neighbouring property. request to be transferred to another property. associated complaint.
London Borough of Barnet (202220499)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to a stair lift.
London Borough of Hounslow (202110086)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
REPORT COMPLAINT 202110086 London Borough of Hounslow 18 July 2023 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of […]
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (202205794)
Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the: Landlord’s handling of the resident’s move. Condition of the property when let to the resident. Landlord’s response to boiler breakdowns.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (202218966)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs and replacement of multiple windows in the resident’s property. The associated complaint
Haringey London Borough Council (202213700)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: a. Response to the resident’s reports of leaks and damp in the property. b. Complaints handling. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited (202221351)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs in the property following reports of leaks and damp. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling .
Gosport Borough Council (202204534)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of ASB and noise nuisance. This Service has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling and record keeping.
Haringey London Borough Council (202217469)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of shower repairs. associated complaint.
London Borough of Brent (202118180)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of noise nuisance complaints against the resident. This service has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.