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
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11,758
Maladministration Found
2,212
No Maladministration
161
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Clarion Housing Association Limited 817
Peabody Trust 522
London & Quadrant Housing Trust 517
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Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) 313

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Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident has complained about: The landlord’s response to their reports of a foul odour in the property. We have also investigated: The landlord’s record keeping. The associated complaint handling.
Case 202420013 · 5 Sep 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident's reports of dampness at the property.
Case 202435432 · 2 Sep 2025
Complaint: Estate Management
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a request to cut back trees in the garden of the property.
Case 202429508 · 2 Sep 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp, mould and associated repairs. Soundproofing in the property. A home transfer request. A reported pest infestation. Management of asbestos in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record …
Case 202425750 · 2 Sep 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Damp, mould, and window issues within the property. Issues concerning her neighbours. The condition of the communal areas.
Case 202451598 · 31 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of issues with ventilation and insulation in the resident’s property. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202342278 · 30 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of black mould in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202443324 · 29 Aug 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of defects in a new build property.
Case 202325078 · 29 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of internal and external repairs to the property’s walls and floors, and the bathroom extractor fan. response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints …
Case 202316964 · 29 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request to repair windows which were reported as being stiff to open and close. Request to replace the bathroom at the property. Further repair requests and reports of damp and …
Case 202435906 · 29 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of damp and mould throughout his property.
Case 202418945 · 28 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of flooding in his property.
Case 202420892 · 28 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the windows and doors in the property and the associated damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202444755 · 28 Aug 2025
Peabody Trust (202446363) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak in the resident’s property. We have also considered how the landlord handled the complaint.
Case 202446363 · 28 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of issues with the heating and hot water in his property.
Case 202340206 · 27 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak, damp, and mould in the property. Associated complaint.
Case 202431353 · 27 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property. Complaint handling. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Case 202421459 · 27 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks, damp and mould and associated repairs to her property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202440707 · 27 Aug 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damage to her possessions following a leak at her property. Reports of unsuitable temporary accommodation and an associated rent refund. Associated complaints.
Case 202336954 · 27 Aug 2025
Octavia Housing (202323466) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of heating issues at her property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202323466 · 27 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of heat loss in a bedroom in the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202331394 · 26 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of defects to the property. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202328136 · 26 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repair issues in the property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of the investigation.
Case 202418681 · 26 Aug 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the condition of the property when let and the landlord’s handling of reported repairs.
Case 202445476 · 21 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of her reports of damp and mould in the property.
Case 202347376 · 21 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about insulation in the communal areas and leaks, damp and mould in his property.
Case 202439371 · 20 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Damp and mould in the property. Mice in the property. We have investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202438489 · 19 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of moving the resident to temporary accommodation. Handling of repairs to the resident’s property. Complaint handling.
Case 202333393 · 19 Aug 2025
Southern Housing (202430139) Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of repairs to windows and external doors at the property. record keeping. complaint handling.
Case 202430139 · 19 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident's requests for it to replace or repair a fence at the property.
Case 202422677 · 18 Aug 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Request for window repairs. Reports of damp and mould. Concerns about the suitability of the property.
Case 202320456 · 15 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of pests in the property.
Case 202444944 · 15 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of window repairs at the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202327844 · 15 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of an ongoing leak from the bathroom and subsequent damage to the property.
Case 202447121 · 14 Aug 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of excess condensation in the property. The resident’s reports of excess cold in the property. The resident’s request for compensation for damaged belongings. The Ombudsman has also investigated the …
Case 202442912 · 14 Aug 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of his property overheating The associated complaint The Ombudsman has also commented on the landlord’s record keeping.
Case 202207166 · 14 Aug 2025
Southern Housing (202401999) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s report that the landlord’s contractor damaged the flue on her boiler and turned off the gas at her property. The associated complaint.
Case 202401999 · 14 Aug 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the resident’s property. Response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Response to the resident’s reports about its staff’s conduct. Complaint handling.
Case 202344083 · 13 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp in her property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202447865 · 13 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of disrepair to her flooring. The landlord’s failure to provide the resident with information about the presence of asbestos in her property at the start of her tenancy. The …
Case 202419658 · 12 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of leaks in the property.
Case 202437550 · 11 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould at her property. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202347604 · 11 Aug 2025
Southern Housing (202320023) Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: issues with the air filtration system. overheating and a lack of ventilation in the property. repairs to the intercom. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202320023 · 11 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould at the property.
Case 202446541 · 8 Aug 2025
Stonewater Limited (202317276) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of birds living in the property’s walls and associated repairs. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202317276 · 8 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: repairs to the kitchen floor and upstairs floorboards. work to improve the warmth of the property. The Ombudsman has also taken the decision to investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202437374 · 7 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of major adaptation works to the property. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202433962 · 6 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of damp and mould in the property. complaint.
Case 202433722 · 5 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports concerning major repairs to the property. the associated complaint.
Case 202405185 · 5 Aug 2025
Torus62 Limited (202201049) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The residents’ reports of repairs to the property and garden including: Rubbish removal Treatment of pests House alarm The associated complaint.
Case 202201049 · 1 Aug 2025