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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2,212
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Southern Housing (202425624) Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of noise and antisocial behaviour from the property above, including the resident’s request for soundproofing and repairs.
Case 202425624 · 26 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord not giving the resident prior notice before the placement of scaffolding around the property The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202313622 · 26 Jun 2025
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about: Heating throughout the property. Smells and contaminated water from the kitchen and bathroom taps. The temperature of the water from the bath and shower taps. The Ombudsman has …
Case 202417347 · 25 Jun 2025
Citizen Housing Group Limited (202310414) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of repairs and damp and mould in the property. reports of cracks and structural defects in the property. concerns about fire safety. request for it to make reasonable adjustments …
Case 202310414 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for adaptations at her property. The associated complaint.
Case 202427773 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak into her property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202424686 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak to the resident’s property.
Case 202442744 · 25 Jun 2025
London Borough of Hounslow (202410799) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Adaptation of the property, including lack of communication and delays to the works. Storage of the resident’s possessions, including her request for reimbursement of removal costs. The resident’s reports of damage to …
Case 202410799 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Issues with the hot water system at the property. Subsidence and cracks inside and outside the property.
Case 202335498 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: damp and mould in the property. window repairs. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202324247 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Offer of compensation for its handling of the resident’s reports of repair issues throughout the property. Handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202332542 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns about the property condition when it was let, in relation to: The bathroom. The balcony doors. Compliant handling and record keeping.
Case 202325918 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s report of excessive cold in the property due to a draught from the front door. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202423067 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about fire safety due to a hoarded property. The Ombudsman has investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202443875 · 25 Jun 2025
Southern Housing (202330626) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of internal repairs to her property and damage to her front door. complaint.
Case 202330626 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns of a leak in the property, as well as damp and mould. We have also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202437640 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of leaks. Reports of squatters in a nearby property. Request to be rehoused. We have also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202416446 · 25 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Antisocial behaviour (ASB). Damp and mould in the property.
Case 202426715 · 24 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of leaks from the property above the resident’s.
Case 202437630 · 24 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns about leaks into her property. Complaints handling.
Case 202419149 · 24 Jun 2025
MHS Homes Ltd (202233937) Maladministration
Complaint: Voluntary
The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of noise from her neighbour’s property.
Case 202233937 · 24 Jun 2025
Accent Housing Limited (202328246) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of leaks, damp and mould in the property and the associated repairs. Concerns regarding vandalism in the communal car park. Associated complaint.
Case 202328246 · 23 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of structural work at the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s: complaint handling. record keeping.
Case 202221809 · 23 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for adaptions to the property, including concerns that the landlord did not properly consider her health needs. Associated complaint.
Case 202422421 · 23 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak at the property. The Ombudsman has also looked at the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202332464 · 23 Jun 2025
Platform Housing Group Limited (202318118) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports: His garden had been damaged. The hedges at the property were not being maintained.
Case 202318118 · 23 Jun 2025
Southern Housing (202329127) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of leaks and outstanding repairs. Reports of pest infestation in the property. Reports of a burst kitchen pipe. Formal complaint.
Case 202329127 · 23 Jun 2025
Birmingham City Council (202229682) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs following a leak into the property. The resident’s associated complaint.
Case 202229682 · 20 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: concerns about the property being cold. complaint.
Case 202234018 · 20 Jun 2025
Moat Homes Limited (202320833) Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident's move to her current property.
Case 202320833 · 20 Jun 2025
Peabody Trust (202303680) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the repairs to the resident’s property following a leak from a neighbouring property. Response to the resident’s concerns about the safety of the property’s kitchen ceiling following the leak. Complaints handling.
Case 202303680 · 20 Jun 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Leaks into her property from an upstairs neighbour, subsequent damage, and damp issues. Request for an internal housing transfer.
Case 202431038 · 19 Jun 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of leaks, damp, and mould in the property. The resident’s report of subsidence to the kitchen floor. The resident’s request for a replacement front door. The bath replacement. Its …
Case 202436394 · 19 Jun 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: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the residents reports about the condition of the property, including boiler problems, damp and mould and other health and safety issues. Response to the resident’s complaint about its handling of her antisocial …
Case 202420328 · 19 Jun 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the property. The resident’s reports of damp and mould. An external sewage leak. A pest infestation.
Case 202319901 · 19 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to sell their interest in the property. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202319207 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of heat loss in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202421853 · 18 Jun 2025
Gentoo Group Limited (202422461) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property. the resident’s reports of asbestos in the property. the resident’s reports of Antisocial Behaviour (ASB). the resident’s request to be rehoused. the …
Case 202422461 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak in the property and associated repairs.
Case 202327778 · 18 Jun 2025
Karbon Homes Limited (202315542) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns regarding staff conduct. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Reports of delays with installing safeguarding measures at the property. Concerns about a 'visit in pairs' marker . We have also …
Case 202315542 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the void period prior to the resident moving in to the property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202218043 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp walls. Concerns about the condition of the property’s doors and windows. The Ombudsman has considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202307372 · 18 Jun 2025
Paradigm Housing Group Limited (202327452) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident concerning: His reports about communal issues including doors, an electricity bill and lighting. His reports about property repairs. His request for a managed move.
Case 202327452 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Damp and mould in the property. A missing cooker connection. We have also considered the landlord’s response to the associated complaint.
Case 202332422 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp and mould. the resident’s reports of rodents in the property. the associated complaint handling.
Case 202420972 · 18 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak at the property. The Ombudsman has also taken the decision to investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202326403 · 17 Jun 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the property. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202425918 · 17 Jun 2025
Sovereign Network Homes (202230225) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of repairs caused by leaks. Handling of the resident’s request for compensation following leaks at her property. Complaint handling.
Case 202230225 · 17 Jun 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s shared ownership property purchase.
Case 202338672 · 17 Jun 2025