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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Moat Homes Limited (202116728) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about the bedroom wall at the property.
Case 202116728 · 10 Jan 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for repairs to her toilet, and to her living room and bedroom doors.
Case 202010537 · 4 Jan 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the reports of damp to the resident’s bedroom; the maintenance of the garden since a Highways Notice was issued in July 2020; the related complaint.
Case 202004948 · 23 Dec 2021
Leeds City Council (202109622) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint refers to: The landlord’s handling of the repairs needed to the resident’s front and back doors, windows and cupboard door in her bedroom. The resident’s concerns about repairs needed to her kitchen and plastering . The landlord’s handling …
Case 202109622 · 29 Nov 2021
Housing Solutions (202108252) No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint refers to: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that one of the bedrooms in her property was too small to be classed as a bedroom. The level of rent charged by the landlord to the resident based …
Case 202108252 · 1 Nov 2021
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The level of rent charged by the landlord to the resident based on the number of bedrooms in the property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns over the number and size of the bedrooms in …
Case 202104733 · 17 Sep 2021
LiveWest Homes Limited (202016064) Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint concerns the resident’s request for the landlord to change the classification of the property from a three bedroom to a two bedroom.
Case 202016064 · 9 Sep 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of the resident’s request for repairs to his bedroom radiator. associated complaint handling.
Case 202102565 · 23 Aug 2021
Abri Group Limited (202102258) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s banding and priority allocation in respect of the resident’s housing need and request for a three-bedroom property on overcrowding and medical grounds. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s contact as to her housing situation and …
Case 202102258 · 20 Aug 2021
Yorkshire Housing Limited (202100909) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about: No gas supply in his kitchen at the start of his tenancy. Damp in his bedroom and lounge. Mess left by contractors. Access to his property and bathroom.
Case 202100909 · 16 Jul 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to reports of repairs in the property including leaks in the bathroom and mould in the bedroom. Complaint handling.
Case 202000804 · 30 Jun 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the repair of a bedroom ceiling that contained asbestos.
Case 202010488 · 28 Jun 2021
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The resident has complained about the number of bedrooms in her property, insofar as the property is classified as a three bedroom property; however, the resident considers that the property should be classified as a two-bedroom property.
Case 202012170 · 25 Jun 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports about damp occurring in the bedrooms at her property; complaints handling.
Case 201817026 · 22 Jun 2021
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about landlord’s response to the resident’s request for the refund of rent and bedroom tax, following the reclassification of the property.
Case 202006196 · 16 Jun 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: The resident’s concerns about the condition of the property when the tenancy began. The resident’s concerns about the condition of the property and outstanding repairs from 2020 onwards. Pest infestations at the …
Case 202012034 · 15 Jun 2021
Woking Borough Council (202007874) No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s request to adapt the property by adding a second rear door to the bedroom. Complaints handling.
Case 202007874 · 1 Jun 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request to be permanently decanted to a three-bedroomed property. Complaint handling.
Case 201915794 · 26 May 2021
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Cracks to the bedroom window pane; Cracks to a shared wall between the property and the communal corridor; Water ingress into the property and; Complaint handling.
Case 202001741 · 20 May 2021
Complaint: Financial
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s handling of refurbishment work at the resident’s property in 2016 and his claims for damaged goods that resulted from this. Outstanding repairs to the bathroom extractor fan and living room/bedroom window opening system in the …
Case 202006550 · 5 May 2021
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: concerns about the designation of her property as a three-bedroom rather than a two-bedroom house. request for a rent refund in view of this. concern that she had raised this …
Case 202009303 · 4 May 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The Complaint is about the landlord’s response to residents’ reports about: Disrepair to bedroom and conservatory windows and the subsequent mould issue. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202006022 · 30 Apr 2021
Leicester City Council (202012354) No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of multiple repair issues at her property, including: skirting boards; bedroom door; bedroom ceiling; asbestos; mould; external guttering; kitchen electrical wiring; kitchen cupboards; bathroom window handle; request for information …
Case 202012354 · 29 Apr 2021
Lambeth Council (202011897) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the leaseholder’s reports of a leaking communal roof and the resulting internal water damage to the communal stairwell and the bedroom in the property.
Case 202011897 · 27 Apr 2021
Barnet Council (202011365) No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of damage to the bathroom door; decision not to install/replace bedroom doors in the property.
Case 202011365 · 20 Apr 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Repair to plaster to the walls and ceilings in her living room and bedrooms. Repair to her bathroom. The growth of mould in her living room.
Case 202003643 · 27 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s decision to replace a double-glazed bedroom window, that it had installed at the resident’s property, with a single-glazed window following planning permission issues with the local authority. The landlord’s communication and complaint handling.
Case 202001175 · 4 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The resident has complained about the landlord’s: response to her reports of damp and mould in her property; handling of a leak through her bedroom ceiling.
Case 201909268 · 25 Jan 2021
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs required at the property; in particular, delay to inspection/repair of an airbrick in the bedroom and associated damp and mould inspection and treatment.
Case 202000590 · 20 Jan 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The tenant has complained that: The landlord has not resolved the reported damp and mould problem in the property (particularly the bedroom, living room and kitchen) The landlord has not installed the correct adaptation (a ramp to the front door) …
Case 202001591 · 22 Dec 2020