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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Common Topics (last 2 years)
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)
Showing 468 of 16,227 decisions matching "property"
Lambeth Council (202310071)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of boiler repairs required in the property. Associated formal complaint.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202304073)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the replacement of the front door of the resident’s property.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202337655)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of multiple outstanding repairs to the property. Associated formal complaint.
London Borough of Islington (202330311)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp in her property.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202337287)
Reasonable Redress
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.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202214581)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s concerns about: rehousing; repairs and pest issues in the property; decants; complaints handling.
Westminster City Council (202334043)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs needed to the property after the start of the tenancy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Homes Plus Limited (202233833)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a leak to the roof at her property.
Orbit Group Limited (202226086)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repair works needed to the heating system in the property.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited (202308691)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repair issues in her property.
The Guinness Partnership Limited (202315404)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of no heating or hot water at the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Islington Council (202346506)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of water ingress to the property.
Sovereign Network Homes (Former Network Homes) (202309571)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould in the resident’s property.
Onward Homes Limited (202305336)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports concerning a leak, damp, and mould at her property.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202342149)
Reasonable Redress
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.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202345782)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damage caused to the resident’s property following a sewage leak due to a blocked communal stack pipe.
Peabody Trust (202220019)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the: Accuracy of information presented by the landlord to the resident during the sales process of the property. Landlord’s communication regarding its requirement for the resident to remove a shed from the property’s patio. Landlord’s complaint …
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202322974)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Actions regarding the previous resident’s health condition and the handling of the previous resident’s reports of repair issues. Failure to clear the property for a home buyer’s survey prior to the resident moving in. …
Stonewater Limited (202233117)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs in the property.
Westminster City Council (202311127)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord's response to reports about the condition of the property and requests for repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Harlow District Council (202341933)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks from the roof of his property.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202218923)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the property. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Abri Group Limited (202227119)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s repairs reports concerning her previous property.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (201902574)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Increase in rent and service charges payable for the property . Communications and complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202218733)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's reports of concerns about the property it moved her to and its handling of the associated formal complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202321997)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of: A leak to the property from the property above the resident. The resident’s reporting of damp and mould.
Waltham Forest Council (202227302)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of planned repairs and improvements in the resident’s property.
Islington Council (202227599)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about roof and guttering repairs and leaks at the property.
Orbit Group Limited (202220029)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about: Leaks at the property. A defective underfloor heating system.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202339263)
Reasonable Redress
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.
ForHousing Limited (202329305)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in his property.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202211737)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s response to an electrical consumer unit in her property catching fire.
Orbit Group Limited (202213948)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint concerning drainage, and sewage issues at her property.
Midland Heart Limited (202226268)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of defects reported by the resident of a new build property.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202305427)
Reasonable Redress
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.
LiveWest Homes Limited (202229671)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s request for its support with a neighbour dispute about access to her property.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202302116)
Reasonable Redress
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.
Richmond Housing Partnership Limited (202214075)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response following a fire at the property. Complaint handling.
Stonewater Limited (202305674)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a silverfish infestation linked to damp in and around the property.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202210484)
Reasonable Redress
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.
Aster Group Limited (202209256)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s prospective purchase of a shared ownership property.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202305135)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the remedial works to the property following a flood.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202231124)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of repairs required at the property. Request for rehousing.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202213067)
Reasonable Redress
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.
Peabody Trust (202226388)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of fleas in the property. Complaints handling.
Peabody Trust (202207942)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202219957)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the property’s heating and hot water. Complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202314354)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord letting a property to the resident without a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm.
Tower Hamlets Homes (202214609)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of leaks into his property in 2022.
Peabody Trust (202205908)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Requests for a refurbished bathroom. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and noise nuisance from a neighbouring property.