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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Oxford City Council (202517957) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202517957 Decision type Investigation Landlord Oxford City Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 23 February 2026 Background The resident has been a tenant since […]
Case 202517957 · 23 Feb 2026
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202500735 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Westminster Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 16 December 2025 Background The resident complained to the landlord about […]
Case 202500735 · 16 Dec 2025
Southwark Council (202404949) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202404949 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southwark Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 27 November 2025 Background The resident has lived in the property, a one-bedroom […]
Case 202404949 · 27 Nov 2025
Southwark Council (202400316) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202400316 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southwark Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 10 November 2025 Background The property is a 1-bed flat. The resident lives […]
Case 202400316 · 10 Nov 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202501855 Decision type Investigation Landlord Haringey London Borough Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 7 November 2025 Background The resident’s ground floor flat, owned […]
Case 202501855 · 7 Nov 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202423205 Decision type Investigation Landlord Birmingham City Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Leaseholder Date 6 November 2025 Background The resident is a leaseholder of a first […]
Case 202423205 · 6 Nov 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202334157 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Westminster Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 24 October 2025 Updated 14 January 2026 Background The resident experienced a leak from […]
Case 202334157 · 24 Oct 2025
Southwark Council (202326338) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202326338 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southwark Council Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 21 October 2025 Background The resident, who has visual and mobility impairments, was required to vacate her […]
Case 202326338 · 21 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202337036 Decision type Investigation Landlord Bassetlaw District Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident and his family transferred to […]
Case 202337036 · 20 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202413337 Decision type Investigation Landlord City of Westminster Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 15 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 3-bed flat […]
Case 202413337 · 15 Oct 2025
Southwark Council (202425793) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of the loss of heating and hot water.
Case 202425793 · 3 Oct 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damp and mould at the property.
Case 202438422 · 29 Sep 2025
Southwark Council (202441489) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of loss of heating and hot water. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202441489 · 29 Sep 2025
Leeds City Council (202413959) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak and their request for the resident to remove decking for the investigation.
Case 202413959 · 26 Sep 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of no hot water at the property.
Case 202340117 · 22 Sep 2025
Leeds City Council (202450646) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns around staff conduct in relation to a report of Antisocial Behaviour (ASB).
Case 202450646 · 19 Sep 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of outstanding repairs, damp and mould, and staff conduct.
Case 202501402 · 12 Sep 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the roof.
Case 202331185 · 12 Sep 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of boiler repairs.
Case 202415587 · 28 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the amount of compensation the landlord offered the resident.
Case 202325335 · 27 Aug 2025
Southwark Council (202415988) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord's response to his request for compensation for the loss of communal heating and hot water.
Case 202415988 · 26 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about water charges within their rent.
Case 202416582 · 26 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB), by a neighbour between August 2024 and November 2024.
Case 202433225 · 7 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s complaint about her move, repairs at the new property, and her request for a single point of contact.
Case 202427543 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Case 202403026 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a blocked downpipe which was causing water ingress into his property.
Case 202433464 · 16 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of damp and mould.
Case 202438044 · 15 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a repair to a communal soil pipe serving the resident’s property.
Case 202327825 · 19 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to repair or replace her shower.
Case 202329279 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for permission to store and charge a mobility scooter.
Case 202426918 · 17 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of her child being injured from an outstanding repair. Associated complaint.
Case 202314532 · 13 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s repair requests.
Case 202323633 · 13 Jun 2025
Southwark Council (202223626) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks into his property from the balcony.
Case 202223626 · 13 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A gas safety check at the property. The associated complaint.
Case 202329499 · 11 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of recurring leaks into her property and the damage caused.
Case 202402589 · 6 Jun 2025
Southwark Council (202411821) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould, and their proposed move to temporary accommodation.
Case 202411821 · 30 May 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports regarding the maintenance of shrubs and a wall at the side of his property.
Case 202330568 · 28 May 2025
Leeds City Council (202105687) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs to the front and back doors, and the associated complaint.
Case 202105687 · 28 May 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a replacement electric fire.
Case 202407070 · 22 May 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The rewiring of the resident’s property. Its contractors leaving the property in a mess after the rewiring works, and the resident’s reports of damaged and missing items.
Case 202337480 · 21 May 2025
Southwark Council (202326397) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a broken tile.
Case 202326397 · 14 May 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
This complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The resident’s report that the landlord breached data protection regulations (GDPR) by disclosing personal information to a neighbour who was employed by it.
Case 202331908 · 6 May 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the resident’s reports about damp and mould. The landlord's handling of the resident’s reports about an infestation of pests.
Case 202322142 · 6 May 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: a low frequency noise nuisance, historic enforcement action, and its activation of the resident’s home swapper account. historical anti-social behaviour (ASB). a recent eviction and the resident’s reports of the landlord’s bullying …
Case 202333234 · 17 Apr 2025
Derby City Council (202419744) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of an emergency repair to the front door lock.
Case 202419744 · 7 Apr 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs at the property. The associated complaint.
Case 202305067 · 31 Mar 2025
Complaint: Old Tenants Behaviour categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Case 202211762 · 31 Mar 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: An appointment to inspect the disability adaptations in the resident’s home. The associated complaint.
Case 202233574 · 10 Mar 2025
Islington Council (202318442) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
This complaint is about how the landlord handled a leak into the resident’s property.
Case 202318442 · 25 Feb 2025
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: A leak into the property. Window repair issues. Associated complaint.
Case 202229997 · 14 Feb 2025