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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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 1,094 of 16,227 decisions matching "london"
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 & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202114384)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for: A window to be installed in her property. A fence to be installed outside her property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202200632)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of a radiator leak. the loss of hot water and heating. the associated complaint, including the amount of compensation offered.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202215266)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s boiler.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202216196)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour from a neighbour. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s formal complaint as part of this investigation.
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.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202219689)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s; Handling of repairs to the resident’s shower panel. Complaints handling.
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.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202101570)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for a full breakdown of service charges, and an explanation for the increase in service charges, since 2017/18. The associated complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202202905)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a repair to the resident’s heating and hot water system. The Ombudsman also considered the landlord's complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202225049)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding service charges applied to her account. The Ombudsman has also considered the associated complaint handling as part of this investigation.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202214900)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the resident's reports of a loss of heating and hot water, including the level of compensation offered. 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.
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.
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.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202120759)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for information about fire safety and cladding on the block he owned a shared-ownership property in, to enable him to complete the sale of the property; The landlord’s response …
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.
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 & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202010229)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s various disrepair concerns from April 2019. Handling of the resident’s vulnerabilities, health and welfare concerns. Complaint handling. Record keeping.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202206761)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould. Complaint handling.
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 […]
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202205274)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202205274 London & Quadrant Housing Trust 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 […]
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.
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.
Haringey London Borough Council (202208301)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s rent account. The landlord’s complaint handling has also been investigated.
London Borough of Newham (202124872)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding: the landlord's response to an emergency management transfer request the landlord’s complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202209142)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s complaint about ownership of her allocated parking bay.
London Borough of Newham (202206717)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord responded to the resident’s reports of a leak into the property.
London Borough of Barnet (202122014)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the resident’s inclusion on the landlord’s verbally abusive resident (VAR) list.
London Borough of Newham (202105739)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour by a neighbour. A previous court case concerning rent arrears. The resident’s complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202011424)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the balcony. Pests and dampness affecting the carpets.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202212817)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of noise nuisance caused by her above neighbour’s floorboards. the resident’s formal complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202111018)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour and noise . Complaints handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202123168)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the resident’s bathroom and downstairs toilet. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Ealing (202121301)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs to the kitchen worktop, an electrical socket, the bedroom windows and the bathroom ceiling. The landlord’s handling of the related communications and complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202207961)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns about the delay in providing the resident with a secure parking space. Complaint handling.
London Borough of Redbridge (202212305)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: How the landlord handled the resident's reports of outstanding repair issues, including damp and mould in their property, following a leak from the property above. The associated formal complaint into this matter.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202204023)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s ongoing reports of smells of fumes coming into the property from the garage below. Complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202122735)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of noise nuisance , including providing soundproofing.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202120968)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s rehousing request. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Hillingdon (202222294)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s wet room installation and its refusal to offer compensation.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (201915363)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Apportionment of service charges for bulky refuse removal. Handling of the resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Ealing (202210861)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns that there was a drainage problem at her property. Complaint handling.
London Borough of Hackney (202200920)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of repeated leaks from a neighbour’s property; and the associated complaint.
London Borough of Redbridge (202210856)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the damp and mould repairs at the resident’s property. Response to the resident's reports of damage following damp related repairs. Complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202121929)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to change her tenancy from a joint to a sole tenancy and for a move. The Ombudsman will also consider the landlord’s complaint handling.