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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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 1,050 of 16,227 decisions matching "council"
Leeds City Council (202433052)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202433052 Decision type Investigation Landlord Leeds City Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 22 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom flat in a high rise […]
Haringey London Borough Council (202427762)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the resident’s: Reports of leaks. Reports of damp and mould. Complaint.
City of Doncaster Council (202409587)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202409587 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Doncaster Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident lives in 1-bedroom flat […]
City of Westminster Council (202437516)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202437516 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Westminster Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 16 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 1-bedroom flat. What the complaint […]
Southend on Sea City Council (202450515)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202450515 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southend on Sea City Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 4-bedroom […]
Haringey London Borough Council (202338854)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202338854 Decision type Investigation Landlord Haringey London Borough Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 2-bedroom terraced […]
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. …
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.
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.
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 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 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. …
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.
Reading Borough Council (202332518)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: concerns about a staff member’s conduct request for her tenancy agreement reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) report of window repairs request for a new front door report the landlord was …
Arun District Council (202441445)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A heating repair and annual heat pump service. The associated complaint.
City of Westminster Council (202440866)
Partial Maladministration
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. The resident’s reports regarding staff conduct.
Milton Keynes Council (202314473)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Difficulties accessing the garden due to the lack of maintenance. Difficulties accessing the garden due to issues with his path and threshold step from the property. A hole …
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202337870)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). The resident’s request to move. The associated complaint.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202402166)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of concerns raised by the resident about the conduct of a member of staff during and after a home visit. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Oxford City Council (202404375)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about how the landlord handled: the resident’s reports of damp and mould. the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Guildford Borough Council (202422292)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Tenancy while she was away from the property. Son’s vulnerabilities while she was away from the property. Associated complaint.
Haringey London Borough Council (202308169)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of damp, mould, and the associated property repairs. Response to the resident’s reports of a faulty kitchen window. Response to the resident’s request for it to replace household appliances. …
Haringey London Borough Council (202500562)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould and draughts in her property. The information held on its records. Her request to be rehoused. The complaint.
City of Westminster Council (202432593)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould, and associated repairs within the property. Associated complaint.
Norwich City Council (202421372)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of remedial works following a leak. Response to the resident’s reports of damage to personal belongings.
City of Westminster Council (202422062)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for a parking space and concerns about the allocation of parking spaces. Associated complaint.
City of York Council (202447972)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Issues with the condition of the property when she moved in. Outstanding repairs to the property, including the condition of the kitchen, and the related damp and mould …
Milton Keynes City Council (202342696)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: report of a leak from the flat above, and the subsequent report of damp and mould request to decorate the property following the flat leak request to make good the …
City of Westminster Council (202444089)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the resident’s home. Response to a request for aids and adaptations. Complaint handling and the level of compensation offered.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202446323)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould at the resident’s property. The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). The Ombudsman has also looked at the landlord’s complaint handling.
Southwark Council (202317287)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s claims of a conflict of interest in regard to a Fire Risk Assessment for his building. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (202436061)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of repairs including: the beading and render on the exterior of a window at the rear of the property. her request for a radiator in the kitchen to be …
Southwark Council (202418614)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Her reported concerns about anti-social behaviour. Her reported concerns about noise nuisance from local bars. Her reported concerns about the hot water supply. Her reported concerns about heating. A statutory overcrowding …
Wigan Council (202415951)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould, and repairs. The resident’s request to access a storage cupboard. The resident’s concerns about the safety of the garden. The complaint.
Southwark Council (202443027)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould. The resident’s housing application.
Charnwood Borough Council (202336968)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports of damp in the bathroom and kitchen. advice about internal doors. communication about replacing the kitchen. complaint handling.
Charnwood Borough Council (202431637)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of repair issues, including insulation, windows, and soffits. Complaints handling.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202439378)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s reports about: A leak, damp and the subsequent repairs. Power outages in the property.
Southwark Council (202324588)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the leaseholder’s report of a leak. We have also investigated the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Southwark Council (202445302)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the resident’s report of a leak causing damp and mould at the property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (202206014)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Damp and mould. The kitchen sink needing to be replaced. Works needed to the loft, including renewal of the loft insulation and a hole in the party wall. …
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202339693)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak to the outhouse roof. Associated complaint.
Guildford Borough Council (202325281)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident's reports of an odour in her property. This report has also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling.
Newcastle City Council (202440970)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: garage door repairs. front door repairs. damp and mould. leak issues from above and the resident’s request that it decorate. reports of an insect infestation. the request that it replace the living …
Sheffield City Council (202341095)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The local council’s consideration of the resident’s housing application and the associated banding. The conduct of the local council’s staff in respect of housing allocation. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise. The landlord’s …