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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11,758
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2,212
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161
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Clarion Housing Association Limited 817
Peabody Trust 522
London & Quadrant Housing Trust 517
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Showing 351 of 16,227 decisions matching "association"

Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the property’s front door. Complaint handling.
Case 202234694 · 27 Feb 2025
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of problems with the car parking facilities and her request for a disabled parking space.
Case 202301946 · 26 Feb 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about reported delays in communication from the landlord during the sale of the shared-ownership property, and the impact of these delays.
Case 202319186 · 25 Feb 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of discrepancies on her rent account, resulting in poor communication and misinformation on moving into a new property.
Case 202309317 · 18 Feb 2025
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak at the rear of the resident’s building.
Case 202345971 · 14 Feb 2025
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of communications with the resident on her reports of damp and mould in the property.
Case 202338818 · 12 Feb 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Antisocial behaviour (ASB). Repairs to his TV aerial. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202412825 · 11 Feb 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s queries about his former rent account, and its decision to instruct a debt recovery agency. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202304724 · 30 Jan 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of garden fencing defects. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202226322 · 28 Jan 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of and response to the resident's concerns regarding the administration and communication of the service charge for 2023-24, in particular the increase of the charge for communal electricity.
Case 202302128 · 24 Jan 2025
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The associated complaint.
Case 202348333 · 24 Jan 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) in relation to noise nuisance.
Case 202346159 · 14 Jan 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of being locked out of the property. Requests for repairs to her front door.
Case 202346196 · 9 Jan 2025
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for adaptations to the front door. Associated complaint.
Case 202414154 · 2 Jan 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of harassment and noise by a neighbour. Concerns about staff and information they had provided to a third party. Associated complaint.
Case 202337611 · 20 Dec 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Case 202413672 · 19 Dec 2024
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: Concerns about asbestos in the property. Repairs to the bathroom. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202301777 · 18 Dec 2024
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s repair requests. reports of damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202310522 · 13 Dec 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s Handling of work while the resident was decanted. Handling of concerns about staff conduct. Complaint handling.
Case 202307744 · 3 Dec 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of his reports of leaks in the bathroom.
Case 202230105 · 29 Nov 2024
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports about the cost and efficiency of her heating system; the associated complaint.
Case 202308377 · 29 Nov 2024
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about a leak and the related repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling has also been investigated.
Case 202311244 · 29 Nov 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s report of a leak in the property and the associated repairs. The decant of the resident into temporary accommodation. The resident’s claim for compensation for damage to his personal possessions.
Case 202307928 · 18 Nov 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The associated complaint.
Case 202346798 · 30 Oct 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the trickle vent above the living room window of the property.
Case 202310898 · 17 Oct 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks from the roof and interior damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord's complaint handling.
Case 202216639 · 2 Oct 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports about: damp and mould; bedbugs; complaints handling.
Case 202341884 · 30 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a replacement tap. This Service has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202303048 · 27 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Report of a leak into the property and associated communication. Associated formal complaint.
Case 202337287 · 23 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202214511 Clarion Housing Association Limited 10 September 2024 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 202214511 · 10 Sep 2024
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour.
Case 202325736 · 28 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports that the property was not in a liveable standard when let.
Case 202342149 · 27 Aug 2024
Complaint: Financial
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s queries about service charges and the administration of her service charge account. The related complaint.
Case 202302818 · 31 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about is about: the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould. the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202224848 · 23 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of damp and mould reports. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202331902 · 18 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of external repairs. The associated complaint.
Case 202233150 · 15 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould and associated bathroom repairs at the resident's property. The associated complaint.
Case 202339263 · 23 May 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to a report of a leak and associated repairs.
Case 202329319 · 13 May 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damp and mould at her previous property.
Case 202305427 · 30 Apr 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the replacement of the front door. The Ombudsman has also considered the associated complaint handling.
Case 202310474 · 30 Apr 2024
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to a communal lift. Complaint handling.
Case 202229316 · 19 Apr 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a permanent decant due to damp and mould in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202302116 · 11 Apr 2024
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s communication preferences.
Case 202300819 · 27 Mar 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision to evict the resident and dispose of her personal belongings from the property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202210484 · 20 Mar 2024
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the annual gas safety inspection at the resident’s property and its communication. Complaint handling.
Case 202213067 · 8 Mar 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Latent defects in the resident’s bathroom. The associated complaint.
Case 202229282 · 28 Feb 2024
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns about not being consulted prior to introducing alternative parking enforcement on the estate. Associated formal complaint.
Case 202206428 · 9 Feb 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a burst pipe and subsequent damage.
Case 202204869 · 31 Jan 2024
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Decision to increase the property’s rent. The landlord’s communications with the resident.
Case 202209378 · 26 Jan 2024
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of a leak affecting their property. request for suitable alternative accommodation while works to the repair the leak were undertaken. concerns regarding the conduct of its staff. The Ombudsman …
Case 202123536 · 11 Jan 2024