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 571 of 16,227 decisions matching "occupancy"

Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202516303 Decision type Investigation Landlord Orbit Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 29 January 2026 Background The resident has an assured tenancy and has held this since […]
Case 202516303 · 29 Jan 2026
Complaint: Estate Management
Decision Case ID 202419414 Decision type Investigation Landlord Together Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 29 January 2026 Background The resident has lived in the property since June […]
Case 202419414 · 29 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202500373 Decision type Investigation Landlord East Devon District Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a bungalow. […]
Case 202500373 · 28 Jan 2026
Home Group Limited (202452515) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202452515 Decision type Investigation Landlord Home Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Shared Ownership Date 14 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a flat. He has experienced a number […]
Case 202452515 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202500964 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Islington Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident lives in the property […]
Case 202500964 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202338105 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Lambeth Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a 3 […]
Case 202338105 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Financial
Decision Case ID 202343720 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Shared Ownership Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident lives on an estate comprising multiple blocks […]
Case 202343720 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202437125 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident was offered a property from the landlord’s […]
Case 202437125 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202440409 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident complained about the landlord’s failure to provide […]
Case 202440409 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202448645 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a maisonette. She reported leaks […]
Case 202448645 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Financial
Decision Case ID 202441711 Decision type Investigation Landlord Notting Hill Genesis Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident is elderly and lives with another elderly person in […]
Case 202441711 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202411374 Decision type Investigation Landlord Progress Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background 1. The resident has been an assured tenant, following […]
Case 202411374 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202513424 Decision type Investigation Landlord Sovereign Network Group Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 28 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a mid-terraced property with her 2 young […]
Case 202513424 · 28 Jan 2026
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
Decision Case ID 202400609 Decision type Investigation Landlord Accent Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a terraced property with her 2 children. She […]
Case 202400609 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202513116 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Lincoln Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a flat […]
Case 202513116 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202336425 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Westminster Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Flexible Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident has a 5 year flexible tenancy. She […]
Case 202336425 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202439557 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Hillingdon Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident lives with her daughter […]
Case 202439557 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Financial
Decision Case ID 202348140 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Leaseholder Date 27 January 2026 Background The landlord began the section 20 process because it intended […]
Case 202348140 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Financial
Decision Case ID 202401518 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Leaseholder Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident provided evidence to the landlord in March 2023 […]
Case 202401518 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202508707 Decision type Investigation Landlord Notting Hill Genesis Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident reported long‑term rainwater exposure had saturated brickwork over many […]
Case 202508707 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
Decision Case ID 202421161 Decision type Investigation Landlord Sanctuary Housing Association Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident reported experiencing problems with her rear patio door to the […]
Case 202421161 · 27 Jan 2026
Stonewater Limited (202513245) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202513245 Decision type Investigation Landlord Stonewater Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 27 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a flat with their young child. At the […]
Case 202513245 · 27 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202432226 Decision type Investigation Landlord A2Dominion Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 26 January 2026 Background The resident lives in the property with her 2 young […]
Case 202432226 · 26 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202346198 Decision type Investigation Landlord Clarion Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 26 January 2026 Background The resident reported a leak in May and again in […]
Case 202346198 · 26 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202429400 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Barnet Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 26 January 2026 Background The resident reported damp and mould […]
Case 202429400 · 26 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202527837 Decision type Investigation Landlord Mansfield District Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 26 January 2026 Background The resident lives by himself in a […]
Case 202527837 · 26 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202515797 Decision type Investigation Landlord The Guinness Partnership Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 26 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a 1-bedroom, ground floor flat and […]
Case 202515797 · 26 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202438469 Decision type Investigation Landlord Anchor Hanover Group Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 23 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a 1-bedroom flat, located within a supported […]
Case 202438469 · 23 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202519152 Decision type Investigation Landlord Basildon Borough Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Leaseholder Date 23 January 2025 Background The resident lives on the 2nd floor of […]
Case 202519152 · 23 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202339314 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Enfield Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Leaseholder Date 23 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom maisonette, located in a low-rise […]
Case 202339314 · 23 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202436408 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Lambeth Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 23 January 2026 The resident experienced a leak at the […]
Case 202436408 · 23 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202507884 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 23 January 2026 Background The resident complained about the landlord’s handling of reports […]
Case 202507884 · 23 Jan 2026
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202422829 Decision type Investigation Landlord Paragon Asra Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 23 January 2026 Background The resident asked the landlord whether it knew their neighbour […]
Case 202422829 · 23 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202441660 Decision type Investigation Landlord Citizen Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 22 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a maisonette with her child, who […]
Case 202441660 · 22 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202431933 Decision type Investigation Landlord Great Places Housing Association Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 22 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a 2 bedroom house with her […]
Case 202431933 · 22 Jan 2026
Southern Housing (202445986) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202445986 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 22 January 2026 Background The resident and her husband are joint tenants of the landlord and […]
Case 202445986 · 22 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202331207 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Islington Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 21 January 2026 Background The resident lives with her child […]
Case 202331207 · 21 Jan 2026
Complaint: Estate Management
Decision Case ID 202400801 Decision type Investigation Landlord The Riverside Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 21 January 2026 Background The resident has lived in his flat since June 1985. […]
Case 202400801 · 21 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202408285 Decision type Investigation Landlord Sovereign Network Group Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 20 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom house. He has complained about […]
Case 202408285 · 20 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202423694 Decision type Investigation Landlord Sovereign Network Group Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 20 January 2026 Background The property is a flat within a block. The resident has […]
Case 202423694 · 20 Jan 2026
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202451968 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Ealing Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 19 January 2026 Background The resident lives in a ground-floor […]
Case 202451968 · 19 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202511861 Decision type Investigation Landlord Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 15 January 2026 Background After completing its annual gas safety inspection, the landlord […]
Case 202511861 · 15 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202528173 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 14 January 2026 Background The resident has lived in her property since 2004. […]
Case 202528173 · 14 Jan 2026
MHS Homes Ltd (202425823) Maladministration
Complaint: Voluntary
Decision Case ID 202425823 Decision type Investigation Landlord MHS Homes Ltd Landlord type Voluntary Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 14 January 2026 Background The resident reported leaks that caused damp, mould, and pest problems in […]
Case 202425823 · 14 Jan 2026
Southern Housing (202450796) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202450796 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 14 January 2025 Background The resident lives with her 4 children. She complained that the landlord […]
Case 202450796 · 14 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202451578 Decision type Investigation Landlord Notting Hill Genesis Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 13 January 2026 Background On 8 January 2025 the landlord’s contractor completed an annual […]
Case 202451578 · 13 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202341427 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 12 January 2026 Background The resident told the landlord that a leak […]
Case 202341427 · 12 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202448524 Decision type Investigation Landlord Pinnacle Affordable Homes Ltd Landlord type For profit Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 12 January 2026 Background The resident has lived at the property with her 2 […]
Case 202448524 · 12 Jan 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202452934 Decision type Investigation Landlord Sovereign Network Group Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 12 January 2026 Background The resident lives in the property which is a 1 bedroom […]
Case 202452934 · 12 Jan 2026
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202413273 Decision type Investigation Landlord East End Homes Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 9 January 2026 Background The property is a maisonette within a residential block. The […]
Case 202413273 · 9 Jan 2026