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 1,776 of 16,227 decisions matching "about"
Nottingham City Council (202318700)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of a leak. Handling of the formal complaint.
Thanet District Council (202320019)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s query about the size of his property in 2023.
Together Housing Association Limited (202327211)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the resident’s concerns about the landlord’s handling of his rent account.
Vico Homes Limited (202317286)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s allocation of a property which the resident did not believe was safe, and its response when she moved out.
bpha Limited (202312405)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s responses to the resident’s complaint about: His concerns with the new communal heating system. The quality of the new windows installed during the refurbishment of the building.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202326450)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concern that a recording device was installed in his bathroom without his notice. Associated formal complaint and the level of compensation offered.
Swindon Borough Council (202321619)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of her report of Anti Social Behaviour (ASB).
Citizen Housing (202417758)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Request for compensation for damage to her belongings caused by damp and mould. Associated complaint.
Medway Council (202313199)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of flooring repairs.
Citizen Housing (202321963)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's: Response to the resident’s reports of a leak causing damp and mould at the property. Complaint handling.
City of Doncaster Council (202320184)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: The delays in its out of hours telephone number being answered. The associated complaint.
Sovereign Network Group (202338588)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for trees to be cut back.
Brentwood Borough Council (202315156)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of concerns about the neighbour’s camera doorbell.
City of Doncaster Council (202341833)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports that the shower was not working when the property was let.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202346635)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a radiator not heating properly.
South Cambridgeshire District Council (202347341)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s queries concerning the accuracy of an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) assessment carried out to the property.
Yorkshire Housing Limited (202417344)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). the resident’s associated complaint.
London Borough of Barnet (202322862)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Anti-social behaviour (ASB). Excessive noise transference from the property above.
Amplius Living (202334124)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of a leak and damp and mould. The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The associated complaint.
Anchor Hanover Group (202231369)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: poor staff conduct anti-social behaviour (ASB)
Brighton and Hove City Council (202419152)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of bedbugs in the property.
Jigsaw Homes Group Limited (202327207)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports that the resident’s windows had not been cleaned for 2 years.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202225736)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s repair requests relating to the doors, heating system and toilets in the property. The resident’s request for a move on medical grounds. The associated complaint.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202318263)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that the bins are not being placed in the correct area and the area is not being properly maintained. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Curo Places Limited (202317590)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the car parking facilities on his estate.
Gentoo Group Limited (202233149)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that the previous landlord had given her consent to install a driveway.
London Borough of Havering Council (202416725)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Regenda Limited (202323400)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's request for a refund of costs incurred when moving out of her previous property following anti-social behaviour.
The Guinness Partnership Limited (202327955)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for replacement flooring.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202318587)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the termination of the tenancy, which resulted in rent arrears under the former tenancy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202413355)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: Damp and mould. The resident’s request for further loft insulation. Damaged tiles and skirting board in the toilet. Blown windows. A trip hazard between the lounge and the kitchen. The resident’s request …
Great Places Housing Association (202329756)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about: The managing agent’s handling of the resident’s initial enquiry about subletting the property. The resident’s report that the council discouraged him from applying for the right to buy the property. The managing agent’s handling of the …
Derby City Council (202321778)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Estate Management categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that his carpet had been damaged during his bathroom refurbishment.
Midland Heart Limited (202315369)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the resident’s property. The resident’s rent account. The associated complaint.
Accent Housing Limited (202340007)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about dogs barking at a neighbouring property.
London Borough of Brent (202325341)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The level of caretaking services provided. The associated complaint.
Peabody Trust (202206513)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of damp, mould, water ingress, and its handling of the associated repairs. Boundary changes in the communal garden. Reports of antisocial behaviour.
Poplar Housing And Regeneration Community Association Limited (202316792)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the garden fence.
South Cambridgeshire District Council (202323272)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to install an electrical vehicle (EV) charging point to the property.
Accent Housing Limited (202322132)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of a fire being caused by a contractor.
The Abbeyfield Society (202332725)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Abbeyfield
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for reimbursement of costs relating to relocation, due to the closure of the home.
Babergh District Council (202314102)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to allow the applicant to succeed his late mother’s tenancy.
London Borough of Harrow (202324259)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the removal of asbestos floor tiles from the resident’s flat.
One Housing Group Limited (202323952)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Onward Homes Limited (202308396)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Increase of the resident’s service charge costs. Handling of the resident's request for a breakdown of service charges and a copy of its annual report. Complaint handling.
Saxon Weald (202322046)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to take carpet to her new property.
Basildon Borough Council (202332048)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of leaks, damp, and mould.
Bromford Housing Group Limited (202316787)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the signing of the tenancy agreement. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202322256)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the theft of the resident’s bicycle wheel from a communal storage unit. Handling of the complaint.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202302070)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s refusal of the resident’s right to acquire application. The Ombudsman has also taken the decision to consider the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.