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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Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of various repair issues including damp and mould. Related concerns about various welfare issues, including allegations of unfair treatment by the landlord’s officers. The Ombudsman has also considered the …
Case 202438735 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Planned bathroom repairs. Reports of damp and mould. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202406847 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s report of a leak. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202329921 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for a bathroom and kitchen replacement. Reports of damp and mould.
Case 202420057 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the residents’ reports of noise nuisance from their neighbour.
Case 202346122 · 31 Jul 2025
Lewes District Council (202446507) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
REPORT COMPLAINT 202446507 Lewes District Council 31 July 2025 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. […]
Case 202446507 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of leaks in the property and associated repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s: Complaint handling. Record keeping.
Case 202339530 · 31 Jul 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
Norwich City Council (202329598) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak at her property. Request for compensation due to damage caused by the leak.
Case 202329598 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the kitchen as the result of a leak. repairs to the living room floor. the resident’s reports of storm damage to her garden. The …
Case 202314213 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks into the property and associated repairs.
Case 202431372 · 31 Jul 2025
Southwark Council (202441646) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of reoccurring damp and mould in the property. The associated complaint.
Case 202441646 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Planned Works
The complaint is about the resident’s request to the landlord to fit more storage cupboards and cover exposed gas pipes in the property’s kitchen.
Case 202325937 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Overloaded bins and fly tipping. Items left in the communal hallway. A mailbox attached to a communal wall. A video doorbell and CCTV in a communal area. The …
Case 202407076 · 30 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 disrepair to the bathroom. complaint handling.
Case 202420180 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of damp and mould in her bedroom and associated repairs, including to a window. associated complaint.
Case 202431904 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of repairs to the property, including: the bathroom a leak in the kitchen grey water in the taps the electrical sockets the fire door The resident’s rent account.
Case 202442926 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: roof replacement works at the property and the associated temporary sheeting. damp and mould at the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202432277 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Heating and hot water issues. Its staff’s conduct. We have also considered the landlord’s: Communication regarding the resident’s rent account. Handling of the associated complaints.
Case 202402324 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a reoccurring leak through a communal roof into his living room and hallway.
Case 202419803 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlords handling of: A bathroom window repair. The associated complaint.
Case 202430722 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about Winchester City Council’s (the council’s) handling of: Repairs to a property provided as temporary accommodation while the resident was homeless. The eviction process from this temporary accommodation. A decision not to offer a property.
Case 202226500 · 30 Jul 2025
Leeds City Council (202430014) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of a rat infestation and associated repairs. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202430014 · 29 Jul 2025
Thurrock Council (202417686) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of noise from her neighbour.
Case 202417686 · 29 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of blockages in the soil pipe, affecting both the downstairs toilet and upstairs bathroom, and the resident’s reports of discoloured water in the bathroom.
Case 202406073 · 28 Jul 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). Transfer request.
Case 202422281 · 26 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property. The associated complaint.
Case 202413545 · 25 Jul 2025
Manchester City Council (202440330) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to address blocked guttering from nesting pigeons, and its handling of follow-on repairs. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damp and mould in the bedroom and its handling of …
Case 202440330 · 25 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Issues with the gas meter at the resident’s property which resulted in no heating and hot water. The associated complaint.
Case 202225439 · 25 Jul 2025
Somerset Council (202433641) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of humidity, damp, and mould. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202433641 · 25 Jul 2025
Southwark Council (202330730) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak from the flat above. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202330730 · 25 Jul 2025
Bristol City Council (202441973) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for it to remove a tree beyond her garden fence. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202441973 · 24 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to request the resident to remove a conservatory.
Case 202322371 · 24 Jul 2025
Dacorum Borough Council (202332779) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of adaptations to the driveway following an occupational therapist assessment. Handling of void works in the property. Complaint handling.
Case 202332779 · 24 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould in the property.
Case 202444384 · 24 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s rehousing application. Reports of damp and mould and the associated remedial repairs. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202437379 · 24 Jul 2025
Southwark Council (202431570) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s housing transfer request. the resident’s reports of damp, mould and associated repairs. the associated complaint.
Case 202431570 · 24 Jul 2025
Basildon Borough Council (202447527) Severe Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to flooring in the property.
Case 202447527 · 23 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202408433 · 23 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s transfer request. The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Repairs, damp and mould. The resident’s report that her bathroom is unsafe. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s handling of …
Case 202425936 · 23 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about:
Case 202440270 · 23 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s repair requests and associated damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s: Complaint handling Record keeping
Case 202434674 · 22 Jul 2025
Leeds City Council (202435783) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak from a neighbour’s property and the associated damp and mould. Associated complaint.
Case 202435783 · 22 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s report of antisocial behaviour (ASB).
Case 202436360 · 22 Jul 2025
Leicester City Council (202407619) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Request for a key fob. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Reports of suspected lodgers living at neighbouring properties. Associated complaint.
Case 202407619 · 21 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and fly-tipping by a neighbour. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s most recent complaint.
Case 202435429 · 18 Jul 2025
Arun District Council (202426223) Severe Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould within the property.
Case 202426223 · 17 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of an incorrect service charge. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202407782 · 17 Jul 2025
Babergh District Council (202430826) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns about a new lock in the front door of the property. Request for a fence to be installed in the front garden. Reports of damp and mould, and associated …
Case 202430826 · 16 Jul 2025