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
Maladministration Found
2,212
No Maladministration
161
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Peabody Trust 522
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Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s dissatisfaction with being issued a Notice of Seeking Possession (NOSP) after an electrical safety check.
Case 202121009 · 23 Aug 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s anti-social behaviour (ASB) reports; adaptations to the resident’s property; the related complaint.
Case 202112342 · 23 Aug 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: repairs required to the electrics in the property including the associated removal of asbestos material. clearance of rubbish from the garden the related complaint.
Case 202101814 · 22 Aug 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s letterbox. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202126465 · 22 Aug 2022
Ongo Homes Limited (202124519) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about the affordability of his heating system.
Case 202124519 · 22 Aug 2022
Orbit Group Limited (202200204) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about its responsibility for repairs and maintenance in the grounds of his estate under the terms of his lease. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of communal repairs …
Case 202200204 · 22 Aug 2022
Richmondshire District Council (202104410) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about: Whether the resident was given the opportunity to postpone the works to her bathroom in January 2021. A discrepancy between the Risk Assessment and Method Statement for those works. Rubbish being left in the resident’s property …
Case 202104410 · 22 Aug 2022
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to purchase her home under the Right to Buy scheme (RTB).
Case 202126558 · 22 Aug 2022
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord’s request for the resident to rehouse her pet cat.
Case 202123680 · 22 Aug 2022
Derby Homes Limited (202125471) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident complains about the level of redress offered by the landlord in relation to a fly infestation in his property.
Case 202125471 · 21 Aug 2022
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of enquiries concerning the resident’s contents insurance policy.
Case 202118761 · 19 Aug 2022
Cannock Chase District Council (202106467) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident has complained about: The landlord’s response to reports of ASB and counter allegations. The landlord’s handling of his concerns about staff conduct.
Case 202106467 · 19 Aug 2022
Complaint: Financial
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about charges for use of an electrical vehicle charging point.
Case 202105519 · 19 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of repairs to the external rendering of the resident’s property.
Case 202116488 · 19 Aug 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a leak into his property. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202005143 · 19 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the condition, safety and security of her garden when she moved into her property.
Case 202125240 · 19 Aug 2022
Newlon Housing Trust (202123300) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s report of pests in her home.
Case 202123300 · 19 Aug 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s report of potholes in the communal carpark. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202107346 · 19 Aug 2022
Tower Hamlets Homes (202205210) Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Financial
The resident’s complaint is about major works carried out at the resident’s building, specifically: The landlord has failed to fulfil its obligations under Sections 19 and 20 of the Landlord Tenant Act. The scope of the repairs expended after work …
Case 202205210 · 19 Aug 2022
Haringey Council (202106442) Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a leak.
Case 202106442 · 18 Aug 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) from a neighbour.
Case 202112421 · 18 Aug 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
The resident has complained about: The landlord’s response to the complaint about the incorrectly registered gas meters. The landlord’s response to the complaint about the management of the building. The landlord’s response to the questions about the service charges. The …
Case 201702669 · 18 Aug 2022
Sanctuary Housing Association (202016075) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise nuisance from the neighbour in the upstairs flat. The related complaint handling.
Case 202016075 · 18 Aug 2022
Tower Hamlets Homes (202200653) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for her front door to be replaced and her request for compensation.
Case 202200653 · 18 Aug 2022
Wolverhampton City Council (202113087) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of rubble in her rear garden; concerns about the landlord’s operatives attending unannounced; reports of a rodent infestation; request to for a property transfer. The complaint is also about …
Case 202113087 · 18 Aug 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to multiple repairs in the resident’s property (including the windows, the smoke detector, the extractor, the roof leak, and mould). The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202102546 · 17 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of roof repairs.
Case 202204059 · 17 Aug 2022
Jigsaw Homes Tameside (202106221) No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s anti-social behaviour (ASB) reports, and allegations made against him. Response to the resident’s previous concerns over staff conduct. Decision not to consider various new complaints. Decision to impose contact restrictions …
Case 202106221 · 17 Aug 2022
Midland Heart Limited (202108007) No Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of disrepair issues, including (but not limited to): a rodent infestation; a blocked drain; lighting in kitchen and bathroom; request for a property transfer.
Case 202108007 · 17 Aug 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of a pest infestation and the associated repairs reports of dampness in the property the related complaint
Case 202105526 · 17 Aug 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of ivy growing onto her property from a neighbouring property.
Case 202113535 · 17 Aug 2022
Vivid Housing Limited (202120265) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould within the property. Repairs needed to the communal lifts within the building and the support offered to the resident. The resident’s request for a management …
Case 202120265 · 17 Aug 2022
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s application for a mutual exchange.
Case 202120180 · 17 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled repairs to the ceilings in the property.
Case 202120284 · 17 Aug 2022
Catalyst Housing Limited (202114965) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s concerns regarding the temperature in one of the bedrooms in the property. Complaint handling.
Case 202114965 · 16 Aug 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for the windows in the property to be renewed. The associated complaint.
Case 202012489 · 16 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of a leak underneath her kitchen sink and the subsequent repair issues.
Case 202127047 · 16 Aug 2022
Peabody Trust (202016218) Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of a gas safety check at the resident’s property. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202016218 · 16 Aug 2022
Sanctuary Housing Association (202014997) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaints referred to this Service are about: Rent and service charge increases since the start of the resident’s tenancy and the landlord’s administration of the resident’s rent account. The landlord’s decision to serve a Notice of Seeking Possession (NOSP) …
Case 202014997 · 16 Aug 2022
Southwark Council (202118163) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property and in the basement below it. Complaint handling.
Case 202118163 · 16 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for the replacement of a chain-link fence in the property.
Case 202113445 · 16 Aug 2022
Thurrock Council (202116791) Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202116791 Thurrock Council 16 August 2022 Our approach What we can and cannot consider is called the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction and is governed by the Housing Ombudsman Scheme. The Ombudsman must determine whether a […]
Case 202116791 · 16 Aug 2022
Your Housing Limited (202113237) No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision to increase the service charges. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about the standard and frequency of its communal service provision.
Case 202113237 · 16 Aug 2022
Bristol City Council (202127683) No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for it to reimburse the cost of a private contractor the resident hired to repair a faulty aerial.
Case 202127683 · 15 Aug 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of ASB from January 2020 onwards. the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of ASB between December 2017 and December 2019. a lack of clarity relating to the property’s …
Case 202101362 · 15 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of mould in her toilet bowl.
Case 202127081 · 15 Aug 2022
Havering Council (202112977) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202112977 Havering Council 12 August 2022 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. This is set […]
Case 202112977 · 15 Aug 2022
Leeds City Council (202125900) Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and leaks following a repair to her roof.
Case 202125900 · 15 Aug 2022
Town and Country Housing (202121309) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The resident’s reports of being exposed to Covid-19 by a contractor . Repairs required in the resident’s former property. The associated complaint.
Case 202121309 · 15 Aug 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the level of compensation the landlord offered in relation to its handling of repairs and its contractor’s conduct.
Case 202102206 · 15 Aug 2022