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)
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Sanctuary Housing Association (202322712)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Lift repairs. Reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202419673)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould. An Occupational Therapist (OT) referral to assess the resident’s needs. The resident’s housing transfer. The associated complaint.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202450881)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the resident’s storage heaters. Electrical costs due to the storage heaters not functioning. The complaint. The landlord operates a 2 stage complaints process. Its policy says it will provide a …
Southern Housing (202439760)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of discriminatory practices. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the condition of the property when let. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Stonewater Limited (202317567)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaints about: Fencing. Bias. Anti-social behaviour (ASB). Compensation for rent issues. Enquiry regarding a neighbour. We have also looked at how the landlord handled the complaint about its own complaint …
West Kent Housing Association (202327097)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s requests about windows repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Aster Group Limited (202405025)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Staff conduct concerns. Complaints about works to the car park. Damp and mould reports. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Citizen Housing Group Limited (202431377)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The resident's complaint is about the landlord's handling of: Request for a discretionary move. Reports of issues with damp and mould. Reports of belongings being damaged due to the damp and mould. Reports of issues with antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Leeds City Council (202430014)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of a rat infestation and associated repairs. The resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Wandsworth (202429783)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The condition of the property upon letting. The landlord’s handling of a ceiling collapse and associated repairs.
Peabody Trust (202310582)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of a leak and repairs to kitchen cupboards, the kitchen ceiling, and a faulty light. the resident’s reports of overgrown ivy affecting the property's windows. The Ombudsman has also …
Peter Bedford Housing Association Limited (202447782)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) from October 2023 to December 2024. The resident’s concerns about communal electricity charges linked to her own electricity meter.
Regenda Limited (202422719)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Reports of window repairs. Formal complaints.
Southern Housing (202403970)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request to be rehoused. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Reports of issues with communal entrances to the block. Reports of issues with parking. Request it changed her name on its …
Southern Housing (202415124)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports about cracks to the bedroom ceiling. The associated complaint.
The Guinness Partnership Limited (202319272)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: concerns regarding estate signage. associated complaint.
The Riverside Group Limited (202440889)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s reports of a leak. We have also considered how the landlord handled the resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Enfield (202327727)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak. Request for a surveyor's report The Ombudsman has also decided to investigate the landlord’s complaint handling.
Orbit Group Limited (202442734)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour and racial harassment. The resident’s concerns about the conduct of its staff at a meeting. The associated complaints.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202342452)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for replacement windows. Reports of repairs to the back door. Associated complaint.
The Extracare Charitable Trust (202415163)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the residents: sales journey and commitments made during that process. associated complaint.
LiveWest Homes Limited (202427894)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould, water ingress and subsequent repairs to the bedroom ceiling. The resident’s concerns about asbestos. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202443643)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the resident’s reports about damp and mould. Complaint handling
West Lancashire Borough Council (202422281)
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). Transfer request.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202402709)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The resident’s reports of inappropriate staff conduct. The contact restrictions it applied to the resident. The resident’s subject access requests (SAR). The associated complaints.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202342051)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: payment of compensation, and implementation of the resident’s request for a reasonable adjustment following an earlier Ombudsman determination. complaint handling.
London Borough of Hounslow (202435194)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to concerns about a kitchen and bathroom upgrade. handling of repairs following a roof leak. handling of reports of damp and mould. handling of concerns about scaffolding at the property. complaint handling.
London Borough of Waltham Forest (202432410)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: The resident’s request for a refund of the credit balance on his rent account, including interest and compensation. The resident’s reports that the landlord had not made reasonable adjustments. The resident’s reports …
Manchester City Council (202440330)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to address blocked guttering from nesting pigeons, and its handling of follow-on repairs. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damp and mould in the bedroom and its handling of …
Notting Hill Genesis (202427550)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp, mould, and a leak inside the property. Reports of a broken balcony door. Query about her housing priority date.
Peabody Trust (202342462)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the kitchen and bathroom. Damp and mould in the property and associated repairs. Repairs to balcony railings. Repairs and decoration to a bedroom ceiling. The associated complaint.
Bristol City Council (202441973)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for it to remove a tree beyond her garden fence. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Dacorum Borough Council (202332779)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of adaptations to the driveway following an occupational therapist assessment. Handling of void works in the property. Complaint handling.
Moat Homes Limited (202347837)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns around the conduct of a member of the landlord’s staff. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaints handling.
Phoenix Community Housing Association (Bellingham and Downham) Limited (202431391)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Estate Management categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: An ongoing leak causing damp and mould. Her needing a kitchen replacement. How the out of hours team dealt with her request to remove a dead rat.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202437379)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s rehousing application. Reports of damp and mould and the associated remedial repairs. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sovereign Network Group (202419125)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Damp, mould, and associated window and door issues. Communal maintenance concerns.
Thirteen Housing Group Limited (202426134)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about how the landlord handled reports of a leak from a neighbouring property into the resident’s property. We have also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Orbit Housing Association Limited (202431727)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s concerns about a boiler issue. Response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould. Handling of the resident’s reports of a porch leak. Response to the resident’s concerns about asbestos. …
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202425936)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s transfer request. The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Repairs, damp and mould. The resident’s report that her bathroom is unsafe. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s handling of …
The Guinness Partnership Limited (202326468)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: a roof leak property damage as a result of the leak The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s: complaint handling record keeping
Homes Plus Limited (202439731)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Maintenance of an external communal area at the resident’s property. Complaint handling.
London Borough of Croydon (202327945)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: An emergency request to access a communal cupboard. The associated complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202348064)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about parking. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202416505)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak causing flooding to the property. Associated complaint.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202408102)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s housing transfer application for a move on medical grounds. A safeguarding referral. The associated complaint.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202318346)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about: Her rent and service charge. The sign-up process. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling.
Peabody Trust (202438089)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about: The condition of the property, including damp and mould, excess dust, and excessive cold. The conduct and opinion of surveyors. Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB). We have also considered the …
Westward Housing Group Limited (202406785)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of structural movement of the property. Reports of damp and mould and the associated damage to his belongings.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202430074)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould as well as concerns about energy efficiency and cavity wall insulation. Complaint.