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
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11,758
Maladministration Found
2,212
No Maladministration
161
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Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) reports. Complaint.
Case 202345272 · 8 Aug 2025
London Borough of Hackney (202402269) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A leak and kitchen repairs in the resident’s property. Reimbursement of associated costs while in temporary accommodation. Forced entry into the resident’s property. Stolen money from the resident’s property. Initially rehousing the …
Case 202402269 · 8 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s ongoing reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and noise. The resident’s concerns regarding closed circuit television (CCTV). The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202431407 · 8 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A blocked toilet which caused a back surge of wastewater, and damage to flooring. The resident’s reports of damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s knowledge and information management.
Case 202439765 · 8 Aug 2025
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about communal heating charges.
Case 202415765 · 8 Aug 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property.
Case 202428808 · 8 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: repairs to the kitchen floor and upstairs floorboards. work to improve the warmth of the property. The Ombudsman has also taken the decision to investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202437374 · 7 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s requests for repairs to the front door entry system.
Case 202320361 · 7 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of major adaptation works to the property. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202433962 · 6 Aug 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A leak and the subsequent moves to temporary accommodation. The resident’s complaint. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s record keeping.
Case 202201125 · 6 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a roof leak, which caused damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s: Complaint handling. Knowledge and information management.
Case 202430100 · 5 Aug 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports concerning major repairs to the property. the associated complaint.
Case 202405185 · 5 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202447645 · 4 Aug 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report that a contractor damaged her belongings and her request for compensation.
Case 202443612 · 1 Aug 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
London Borough of Barnet (202442712) Severe Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The resident’s complaint was about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould.
Case 202442712 · 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
London Borough of Croydon (202332332) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: request for the oven and fridge freezer to be relocated. reports of mould. reports of repairs to the kitchen tap. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202332332 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of damp and mould throughout the property, and associated repairs. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202411436 · 31 Jul 2025
London Borough of Hackney (202304210) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the length of time taken to relocate her via its right to return scheme (RTR). This Service has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling
Case 202304210 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about a water tank, a hot water cylinder, and pipework lagging, and its compensation for these.
Case 202334288 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour by a neighbour.
Case 202404439 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of an ongoing bed bug infestation. Reports of repairs, including damp and mould. Management transfer request. This service has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202325283 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak in the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Case 202333147 · 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 at the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202443984 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould at the property. Lift repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202438332 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of damp and mould. Reports of ceiling and wall cracks. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202416712 · 31 Jul 2025
London Borough of Lewisham (202440401) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A roof leak and damp and mould reports. Reports of water pressure loss. The complaint.
Case 202440401 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of water ingress from the neighbour’s balcony garden, and associated repairs. The landlord’s handling of damp, mould, and peeling paint in the upstairs bathroom. The landlord’s response to the …
Case 202342463 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of broken glass in an internal communal door. Method of address when communicating with the resident. We have also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202421867 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks, damp, mould and associated repairs in the property.
Case 202216213 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs at the property. The Ombudsman has also looked at the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202406109 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about the lights in the property.
Case 202426458 · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak to the resident’s property and the subsequent damp and mould.
Case 202429540 · 31 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 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 the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about: her disabled parking bay. the removal of CCTV on her estate. power cuts to her home. The Ombudsman has also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202315608 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Her personal belongings being lost whilst being transferred into temporary accommodation. Damp and mould within the property. Drainage issues in the kitchen. A boiler repair and being without …
Case 202426388 · 30 Jul 2025
London Borough of Islington (202432335) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the leaseholder’s: Reports of a leak from the roof causing damp and mould. Associated complaint.
Case 202432335 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A leak affecting the resident’s home. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202415441 · 30 Jul 2025
London Borough of Lewisham (202415887) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s report of a repair to her boiler and the annual gas safety check. Complaint handling.
Case 202415887 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak. Associated complaint.
Case 202424526 · 30 Jul 2025
London Borough of Lewisham (202437098) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of mould. Lift breakdowns in the block. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202437098 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of structural issues at the property. Request for a temporary move.
Case 202217681 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s queries regarding the: Grounds maintenance service charge. Water testing service charge. Management fee. This investigation has also considered the redress the landlord offered for its handling of the associated formal …
Case 202416390 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of balcony repairs. The Ombudsman has also looked at the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202418210 · 30 Jul 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of fire safety issues within the resident’s block, including: Delays in it replacing the resident’s front door. The resident’s request for information about a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) conducted in 2018. The resident’s …
Case 202430881 · 30 Jul 2025