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.

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2,212
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Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about landlord's handling of the resident’s reports of a leak in her bedroom and bathroom.
Case 202128145 · 16 Oct 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to lights in the resident’s communal hallway.
Case 202125466 · 15 Sep 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the resident’s boiler and the level of compensation offered. The associated complaint.
Case 202120367 · 12 Sep 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of an uncontainable water leak from her bathroom sink damaging her flooring.
Case 202124952 · 12 Aug 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of outstanding repairs to his shower . The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202121043 · 27 Jul 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the block Right to Manage (RTM) company, an ‘estate separation agreement,’ and the impact on her lease.
Case 202014712 · 30 Jun 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about his front door.
Case 202123742 · 30 Jun 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled repairs to a window in the property.
Case 202122410 · 10 Jun 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of mould growth in her bathroom.
Case 202106643 · 24 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of repairs to her toilet. The associated complaint.
Case 202116813 · 20 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint was about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request to sell his shared ownership property on the open market. The landlord’s complaint handling .
Case 202110036 · 6 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the level of compensation offered by the landlord following delays to fence repairs.
Case 202101154 · 15 Apr 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
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 compensation offered for the landlord’s handling of the repairs to the balcony.
Case 202014001 · 27 Jan 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the damage to the resident's balcony.
Case 202114197 · 25 Jan 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Case 202002239 · 29 Dec 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about: The resident’s claim of personal injury sustained following a fall in her kitchen. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s repair requests in relation to damp and mould, the windows, and an external hole underneath the property.
Case 202011329 · 23 Dec 2021
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s subject access request (SAR). The landlord’s response to the resident’s report of an electrical fault in his property. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202107922 · 22 Dec 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of a repair to the resident’s heating and hot water system, and its offer of compensation.
Case 202010785 · 17 Dec 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled the resident’s charges for energy usage.
Case 202012424 · 3 Dec 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding his ceiling and report of a water leak.
Case 202016813 · 27 Nov 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the level of redress the landlord offered in respect of its acknowledged delays and failures whilst handling repairs and the resident’s subsequent complaint.
Case 202012533 · 19 Nov 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
REPORT COMPLAINT 202104391 London & Quadrant Housing Trust 8 November 2021 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 202104391 · 8 Nov 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The level of compensation offered by the landlord for its handling of a repair to the resident’s balcony door. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202108116 · 2 Nov 2021
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about how it handled her rent and council tax accounts, following a decant from her permanent property.
Case 202008020 · 26 Oct 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Damp at the property and subsequent repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202007697 · 30 Sep 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the level of compensation the landlord offered the resident for repair delays.
Case 202102187 · 16 Sep 2021
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the time taken for the landlord to inform the resident that a potential buyer had pulled out of the purchase of her property.
Case 202103724 · 13 Sep 2021
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of: repairs to resolve a leak in the roof of the building, and; the resident’s request to receive a copy of a surveyor’s report following an inspection of the building.
Case 202100892 · 16 Jun 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repairs in the property and a delay in activating her rent account.
Case 201909237 · 26 May 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
REPORT COMPLAINT 201914186 London Borough of Hackney 26 February 2021 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances […]
Case 201914186 · 26 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 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: Occupancy Rights
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled the resident’s request to amend her joint tenancy after her ex-partner left the home.
Case 202001024 · 22 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