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
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) 488
Sanctuary Housing Association 360
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) 313

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Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak from the roof of the property.
Case 202112683 · 28 Mar 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s report of a leak and the level of compensation offered. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202116441 · 28 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the condition of the property.
Case 202009730 · 28 Mar 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: T he landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a breakdown of their service charges and increase in charges. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s instructions to market the resident’s property on the resident’s behalf. The …
Case 202101951 · 25 Mar 2022
Home Group Limited (202109994) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the level of compensation offered to the resident following acknowledged service failures in carrying out repairs to fix a roof leak.
Case 202109994 · 24 Mar 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for an adaptation of the communal front door. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202109528 · 24 Mar 2022
A & S Hillman Ltd (202016926) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the level of compensation offered by the landlord following repairs and improvements works at the residents’ property.
Case 202016926 · 23 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of an operative causing damage to his property.
Case 202102442 · 19 Mar 2022
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s Right to Buy (RTB) application, including the valuation of the property.
Case 202102557 · 18 Mar 2022
Islington Council (202105550) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of noise disturbance and anti-social behaviour.
Case 202105550 · 18 Mar 2022
Abri Group Limited (202103454) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of a faulty kitchen sink. Complaints handling.
Case 202103454 · 16 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak into the block his property is situated in, causing consequential damp to his ceiling.
Case 202104837 · 16 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the level of compensation offered by the landlord for a missed appointment.
Case 202011238 · 16 Mar 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the property’s hot water system. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202115334 · 16 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident has complained about the replacement of her windows.
Case 202013334 · 11 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to install a dropped kerb and driveway at the property.
Case 202114858 · 9 Mar 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about:
Case 202100147 · 7 Mar 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident's reports of an incident involving a member of the landlord’s staff. The associated complaint.
Case 202111975 · 7 Mar 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The resident’s dispute of the accuracy of her service charges. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s service charge enquiries.
Case 202107344 · 4 Mar 2022
Abri Group Limited (202114840) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns how the landlord responded to the resident’s reports of inappropriate conduct by a staff member.
Case 202114840 · 4 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a kitchen unit replacement.
Case 202110192 · 4 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damaged items following a leak at the property
Case 202111282 · 3 Mar 2022
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns regarding: delays to his property transfer; the condition of his new property; delays to repair works to rubber seals on the door at his new property.
Case 202105048 · 2 Mar 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns with her flooring.
Case 202103435 · 1 Mar 2022
Lambeth Council (202115655) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s water bill.
Case 202115655 · 28 Feb 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about the standard of the garden maintenance service.
Case 202006097 · 28 Feb 2022
Peabody Trust (202013016) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to a dispute from the Resident’s Association concerning the cost of major works.
Case 202013016 · 28 Feb 2022
Peabody Trust (202014635) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about leaks and blockages at the property.
Case 202014635 · 28 Feb 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s requests for insurance information and her reports of antisocial behaviour.
Case 202109103 · 28 Feb 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: boiler repairs at the resident’s property. The associated complaint.
Case 202110164 · 25 Feb 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The landlord for its handling of the resident’s reports of damp. The associated complaint.
Case 202017368 · 25 Feb 2022
Islington Council (202107231) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the residents’ repair request following a leak into their wet room.
Case 202107231 · 22 Feb 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The actions of the local authority’s environmental health department in response to the resident’s reports of noise from a neighbour. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise from a neighbour’s boiler. The landlord’s handling …
Case 202109512 · 22 Feb 2022
Peabody Trust (202006782) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the level of compensation the landlord offered in relation to its handling of the sale of the property.
Case 202006782 · 21 Feb 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202110697 Karbon Homes Limited 18 February 2022 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. This is […]
Case 202110697 · 18 Feb 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The lack of support offered by the landlord following the resident witnessing an aggravated burglary opposite her previous property.
Case 202010082 · 18 Feb 2022
Home Group Limited (202114665) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of issues concerning drainage and flooding in the property’s rear garden.
Case 202114665 · 14 Feb 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
REPORT COMPLAINT 202107098 Clarion Housing Association Limited 11 February 2022 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. This […]
Case 202107098 · 11 Feb 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202107885 Southern Housing Group Limited 11 February 2022 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. This […]
Case 202107885 · 11 Feb 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of her neighbour leaving rubbish, outside their front door, in the communal area of her block.
Case 202012378 · 10 Feb 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about how the landlord responded to the resident’s reports of: The poor quality of work to renew the kitchen. Delays in completing repairs to fencing at the property.
Case 202106689 · 10 Feb 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: a repair to the resident’s central heating thermostat and her request for compensation related to this. A repair to the wastewater.
Case 202110750 · 10 Feb 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the level of compensation offered by the landlord following a burst pipe in the resident’s property.
Case 202117341 · 9 Feb 2022
Housing 21 (202016290) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of allegations made about the resident swearing at a member of staff and the issuing of an antisocial behaviour (ASB) warning letter to him.
Case 202016290 · 8 Feb 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord's response to: The leaseholder’s request for information regarding service charges. The leaseholder’s complaint. All the landlord’s complaint responses were outside of the timescales given in its complaints policy. The delay in the first response …
Case 202004890 · 8 Feb 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to a window.
Case 202119560 · 7 Feb 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled: The resident’s reports of a leak from the roof of the property. Investigations into allegations of noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour (ASB) from the resident.
Case 202115233 · 4 Feb 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled repairs to, and the subsequent replacement of, the front door of the property.
Case 202105791 · 3 Feb 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the: reasonableness of the service charge for the year 2019-2020. information provided about the service charge, specifically the administration of the resident’s service charges and the timeliness of the information provided by the landlord.
Case 202114373 · 2 Feb 2022
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The landlords handling of the resident’s reports of outstanding repairs. The landlords handling of the resident’s reports of high energy bills. The landlord’s complaint handling with regards to these matters.
Case 202002899 · 1 Feb 2022