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
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2,212
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161
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The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports regarding repair works to the ‘threshold’ at his patio door and the subsequent amount of compensation it offered.
Case 202008169 · 10 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to a plumbing repair.
Case 202004898 · 9 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports regarding a rodent infestation at her property and the amount of compensation it subsequently offered.
Case 201908355 · 4 Feb 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of a rotten patio door and damp and mould; associated formal complaint.
Case 202004538 · 4 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Landlord Advice migrated-2025
The resident complains about the landlord’s response to his requests for CCTV footage.
Case 201910414 · 28 Jan 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to multiple requests for repair works to the resident’s heating system.
Case 201914651 · 28 Jan 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for compensation in relation to repairs to the property’s guttering, patio door, boiler, wet room and damp and mould.
Case 201906498 · 21 Jan 2021
Home Group Limited (201904586) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s requests for repairs to her hand basin, kitchen ceiling and immersion heater.
Case 201904586 · 21 Jan 2021
Croydon Council (202005546) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: Section 20 work that was completed by the landlord at the resident’s property in 2016. Charges for the section 20 works which the resident opted out of. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request to produce …
Case 202005546 · 8 Jan 2021
Home Group Limited (202001298) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Home Ownership Issues (not new build) categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about the standard of grounds maintenance being provided.
Case 202001298 · 7 Jan 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about:
Case 201907476 · 7 Jan 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of contractors arriving at his property without identification and entering a room without his permission.
Case 201913984 · 6 Jan 2021
Complaint: Old Compensation categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s complaint handling and compensation offer, in respect of its response to a reported problem with the resident’s kitchen sink.
Case 202001096 · 4 Jan 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the level of compensation offered by the landlord for its response to the resident’s report of a bad odour from her sink and bathroom drainage the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint the level of compensation …
Case 202003138 · 24 Dec 2020
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of concerns raised in respect of the installation of a new kitchen.
Case 202001481 · 23 Dec 2020
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about The landlord's response to the resident's reports of his shower not draining correctly. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202000400 · 22 Dec 2020
Complaint: Old Home Ownership Issues (not new build) categories
The complaint is about delay to the landlord installing new windows at the property.
Case 202000359 · 18 Dec 2020
Optivo (202002413) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property; the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns over subsidence to the building; the landlord’s handling of the corresponding complaint.
Case 202002413 · 17 Dec 2020
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to: The resident’s request for rehousing. The resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property, disrepair to extractor fans in her kitchen and bathroom, and broken window handles in her dining room.
Case 201911091 · 16 Dec 2020
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s application to purchase her property under the Right to Acquire (RTA) scheme.
Case 201909821 · 15 Dec 2020
Complaint: Old Home Ownership Issues (not new build) categories
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the Energy Supply Agreement it sent to their solicitor during the purchase of their property.
Case 202000112 · 14 Dec 2020
Complaint: Applicant
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the applicant’s application for a property.
Case 201913687 · 7 Dec 2020
Peabody Trust (201912025) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports that other residents were allowing strangers to access the building; response to the resident’s reports that other residents had left their personal property in a communal area causing a …
Case 201912025 · 4 Dec 2020