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 2,054 of 16,227 decisions matching "property"
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202109210)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s queries regarding the building safety inspection at their property and their request for an ESW1 form.
Muir Group Housing Association Limited (202127673)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the gas safety check at the resident’s property.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202123950)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to pavement slabs in a communal area outside the resident’s property.
Brentwood Borough Council (202122844)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the landlord’s contractor renewing a section of the property’s concrete path in error.
Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202114767)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp in the property. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202105951)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Communication concerning fire safety issues in relation to the resident’s property. Complaints handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202009785)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident has complained about the landlord’s handling of repairs to resolve damp and mould in his property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling. The Ombudsman has further considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Birmingham City Council (202101431)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of disrepair at her property.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202109138)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the level of compensation the landlord has offered for the delays in completing repair works to the resident’s property.
LiveWest Homes Limited (202112164)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident has complained about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of defects in the property. Concerns that the boundary to the site has allowed access to the property, and antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Notting Hill Genesis (202011089)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the managing agent’s handling of the resident’s concerns, following alterations undertaken at his neighbour’s property, and the landlord’s response on bringing this matter to its attention.
Southwark Council (202114064)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's: Handling of the resident’s reports of no heating or hot water in the property between 1 January 2021 and 14 January 2021. Complaint handling.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202105560)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a fire safety check of her doors in her property and her concerns that the doors in her property were not fire-rated. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202101470)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs at the property from May 2020 onwards, and an associated offer of compensation. Handling of heating system repairs prior to May 2020. Handling of a management move. The Ombudsman has also …
The Riverside Group Limited (202100881)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's: Response to the resident’s reports of mould at the property. Complaints handling.
Brent Council (202122635)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's response to resident’s reports of water leaking into her property, and its handling of associated repairs to remedy damp and mould.
Thames Valley Housing Association Limited (202117869)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of repairs in the resident’s property following his report of cracking and possible subsidence. This Service has also considered: How the landlord handled the resident’s complaint. The landlord’s record keeping.
Broxtowe Borough Council (202122100)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damp and mould in the property.
Leeds City Council (202102384)
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.
Newlon Housing Trust (202125203)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about a leak in the property.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202103713)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the positioning of fencing between the resident’s property and a neighbour.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202012224)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to fix low hot water pressure at the resident’s property.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202118970)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of a theft at her property. The associated formal complaint.
Haringey Council (202101108)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Various repairs to the resident’s property including repairs to the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and balcony following a leak. The associated formal complaint.
Havering Council (202118386)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports regarding the condition of her new property at the start of her tenancy, and the length of time that it took her to move into the property. The landlord’s …
Royal Borough Of Greenwich (202015542)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to relocate a mains stopcock from outside of the property to the inside of the property. The complaint is about landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Hexagon Housing Association Limited (201904493)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of disrepair to her property, in particular in relation to delays and the standard of repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Network Homes Limited (202101388)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the repair of a leak at the property.
Thrive Homes Limited (202122651)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports that a bank of land in front of her property was not being maintained regularly by the landlord.
Gentoo Sunderland Ltd (202108649)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s management of asbestos at the resident’s property. the landlord’s handling of other disrepair issues including damp and floor repair.
Barking and Dagenham Council (202101016)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlords handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (202122062)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports about the condition of the windows in his property. Communication with the resident about the replacement windows.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202101528)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: application for a property transfer; request for temporary accommodation due to ongoing antisocial behaviour (ASB); request for a management transfer. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling as …
Freebridge Community Housing Limited (202109575)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in his property.
Catalyst Housing Limited (202115702)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the exterior of the property including to the windows, paintwork, front door and bin storage.
Hackney Council (202118205)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s report of a leak from the property above and the subsequent damage caused to her property.
East Midlands Housing Group Limited (202110368)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of deficient insulation around the property’s extension; The landlord’s handling of upgrades and repairs to the property’s central heating; The landlord’s complaint handling.
Sovereign Living Limited (202015350)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns around the condition of the property’s rear garden; The landlord’s complaint handling.
Orbit Group Limited (202011022)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of repairs required to the windows at the property. Response to the resident’s reports of repairs required to the roof at the property. Complaints handling.
Barking and Dagenham Council (202017534)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp in his property; the resident’s request to be re-housed; the related complaint.
Gateway Housing Association Limited (202117769)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The level of compensation offered by the landlord for its handling of a water leak into the resident’s property. The landlord’s record keeping and complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202121817)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about a leak in the property. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Torus62 Limited (202102544)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of mould growth in her property; the related complaint.
Origin Housing Limited (201809019)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord's response to the resident's reports of banging and dripping noises from the pipework in the property. The associated formal complaint into the matter.
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (202009843)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s management organisation’s handling of the resident’s complaint about repairs to the gutters in her property.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202122801)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision not to provide the resident with a designated parking space, following its error in advising that the property came with designated parking. The landlord’s complaints handling.
East End Homes Limited (202121527)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Water ingress to the front of the property via the roof. Water ingress to the rear of the property via a window.
The Riverside Group Limited (202118184)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports regarding its contractor’s attendance at his property. The complaint is also about the landlord’s complaints handling, in particular its response times.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202013901)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident complains about the landlord’s handling of her concerns regarding damp and mould at her property.
Town and Country Housing (202120138)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s report of theft of his bike from the property car park.