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 4,100 of 16,227 decisions matching "about"
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202417733)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to condensation and the associated damp and mould. Complaint handling.
Notting Hill Genesis (202446567)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of kitchen floor repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202340525)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A request for the family to be moved to a new property on medical grounds. Reported anti-social behaviour (ASB). Various repairs within the property. Reports of mould in the property.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (202331953)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of defects to the garden works and kitchen window, the condition of a neighbour’s fence and to the resident’s request for a bollard. Reports of staff conduct and discrimination. …
Town and Country Housing (202341664)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about how the landlord responded to the resident’s request for an over bath shower adaptation. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling.
Accent Housing Limited (202451177)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of boiler repairs in 2022. Response to the resident’s claim it had not given her copies of gas safety certificates. Handling of repairs to communal entrance doors. Response to the resident’s reports about …
City of Westminster Council (202346824)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A repair to the property’s intercom system. The associated complaint.
City of Wolverhampton Council (202327282)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that its contractors damaged her patio doors. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Notting Hill Genesis (202402941)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould and the associated repairs. The resident’s complaint.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202405280)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handing of the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould. Request for compensation for damage caused to their personal belongings. This service has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202340162)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of leaks, causing damage to the bedroom floor. Its decision to pay compensation into the resident’s rent account. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Octavia Housing (202405592)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord’s management of boiler repairs. The landlord’s management of a fair rent review. The landlord’s response to reports of damp and mould. The landlord's response to reports of nuisance from the adjacent nursery including …
Sanctuary Housing Association (202338359)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: Repairs to the communal front door. Repairs to the lift. The absence of a scheme manager. The standard of grounds maintenance, cleaning, and concerns about the bins. The handling of the associated complaint.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202411119)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of neighbour nuisance. Handling of the associated complaint.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202339265)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: the resident’s request for information it held about legal proceedings that commenced in 2015. the resident’s concerns that its contact was intimidating and a form of harassment. We have also investigated the …
London Borough of Hounslow (202343142)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould. A pest infestation. We have also considered the landlords complaint handling.
Southern Housing (202340006)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a planned kitchen renewal. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202343098)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of a loss of heating and hot water. Repairs to the lifts. Repairs to the communal door. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sovereign Network Group (202448707)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp and mould. the resident’s requests for a replacement kitchen. the resident’s reports of repairs needed to the brickwork and drainage. the resident’s requests for additional plug sockets …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202424059)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Leaks and associated damp and mould. The resident’s complaint.
Southern Housing (202415515)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs at the property. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Stevenage Borough Council (202321733)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Gutter leak, fascia, soffit, and roof repairs. The associated complaint.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202325331)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs, in particular: A leak from the roof and guttering. The front door. The kitchen. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Moat Homes Limited (202330131)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of communal garden maintenance. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Bromford Flagship Limited (202328690)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of metal objects in the garden. Concerns about the conduct of contractors. Associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202402062)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould and associated repairs. Report of repairs to the kitchen cupboards and garden gate. Complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202418132)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Requests for rehousing due to her disabilities. Associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202443190)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to investigate and address the cause of a soot-like substance throughout the property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Housing 21 (202412204)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about services charges for tree maintenance. We have also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Housing Solutions (202344100)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for sound proofing in her home. The associated complaint.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202333699)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: leaks from an upstairs property. noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour (ASB) from the same property. We will investigate the landlord’s complaint handling.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202404865)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of: Anti-social behaviour (ASB). Damage due to the ASB.
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202422118)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of pests. Reports of damp and mould. Reports of damaged items. Concerns about staff conduct. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Leeds City Council (202336214)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s management of: the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). the resident's requests for tenancy and rehousing support due to his additional needs.
Lewes District Council (202338493)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a disconnected boiler pipe and associated staff conduct. Reports of damp and mould.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202431867)
Partial 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 request for a property transfer. the associated complaint.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202448931)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The resident’s requests for rehousing and/or adaptations to the property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about rats around the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Camden Council (202439436)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord's handling of: A repair to the kitchen light. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Camden Council (202452404)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports about anti-social behaviour (ASB). The Ombudsman has investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Croydon (202314582)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) by a neighbour. Associated complaint.
London Borough of Havering Council (202434804)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns in respect to parking. The resident’s damp and mould reports. The resident’s concerns in respect to the communal stairwells. The resident’s reports of loss of heating and hot water. …
London Borough of Waltham Forest (202500361)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and assault by a neighbour and her contractor. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of the neighbour using the communal area for building works …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202328409)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB), noise and criminal damage by a neighbour. The landlord’s response to the resident’s report that she was originally given priority bidding status and should retain …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202435364)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Rehousing request. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). We have investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202449593)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould in the property. Complaint.
Magna Housing Limited (202421874)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Melton Borough Council (202423492)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of a data breach. the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). allegations of criminal damage against the resident. tenancy warning letters issued to the resident.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202453198)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident has complained about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise from a neighbouring property. The landlord’s response to reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) by the resident. The associated complaint handling.
Notting Hill Genesis (202219004)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s: Provision of audited service charge accounts. Handling of her associated complaint.
Notting Hill Genesis (202313839)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the bedroom walls. Concerns raised over staff conduct and communication. The associated complaint.