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
Total Decisions
11,758
Maladministration Found
2,212
No Maladministration
161
Severe Cases
Decisions by Year
Top Landlords by Volume
Clarion Housing Association Limited
817
Peabody Trust
522
London & Quadrant Housing Trust
517
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q)
488
Sanctuary Housing Association
360
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV)
313
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Common Topics (last 2 years)
Top Landlords
Clarion Housing Association Limited (817)
Peabody Trust (522)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (517)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (488)
Sanctuary Housing Association (360)
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (313)
Hyde Housing Association Limited (309)
The Guinness Partnership Limited (299)
Southern Housing (273)
Southwark Council (266)
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (239)
Notting Hill Genesis (229)
Showing 5,288 of 16,227 decisions matching "property"
Sanctuary Housing Association (202437918)
Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of outstanding repairs at the property, including damp and mould.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202416043)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: water leaks from above and subsequent damage to the resident’s property. damage to the resident’s possessions. the complaint. When Ms N contacted the landlord in April 2024, she said that she wanted …
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (202306618)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident has complained to the Ombudsman about: The condition of the previous property upon letting. The condition of the balcony in the previous property. The landlord’s handling of damp and mould at the previous property. The landlord’s handling of …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202326939)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs and redecoration works to the resident’s property following a leak, including: the balcony doors, the decking, as well as the ceiling and flooring. The Ombudsman will also consider the landlord’s handling …
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202420939)
Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property.
Amplius Living (202424819)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding: The condition of the property when let. Repairs.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202321424)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: The repairs to put right the damage from a water leak in the resident’s property. The resident’s associated complaint.
Great Places Housing Group Limited (202308486)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports about an increase in his energy bills. Contractors accessing the property roof without prior notice. The resident’s request for a rent refund and the associated complaint.
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202414629)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports that the property was damp and cold. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Islington (202413663)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns about her neighbour's decking, noise disturbance, and damage to her property. The resident’s privacy concerns. The resident’s dissatisfaction with it allowing her neighbour to access its van. Communication around …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202318061)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Requests for repairs following water ingress into the property. Damp and mould. The ceiling collapsing. The associated complaint.
Magenta Living (202311316)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about repairs in her home. The landlord’s handling of asbestos in the property.
Notting Hill Genesis (202308701)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Planned Works
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Leaks in the property. Damp and mould. The resident’s request to replace the upstairs bathroom.
Octavia Housing (202220210)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Request for preventative measures for future floods. Request to replace a damaged fridge-freezer. Reports of broken ventilation in the property. Request to replace the window locks. Reports of a repair …
Octavia Housing (202423537)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns that it offered an unsuitable property in 2022 when her tenancy began. Reports of Antisocial Behaviour (ASB), communication concerns, and management transfer request. Concerns about the property’s condition. Associated …
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of repairs to the resident’s property.
Salvation Army Housing Association (SAHA) (202427460)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's reports of antisocial behaviour (‘ASB’), and his request to be reimbursed for the impact of ASB on him, including the costs of staying away from the property.
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of repairs to the resident’s property (including damp and mould).
Southern Housing (202328281)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The mutual exchange, including the condition of the property and garden. The resident’s reports of repairs and pest infestation. The resident’s concerns about staff conduct. The resident’s reports of damp and mould, …
Stonewater Limited (202331650)
Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: works to the resident’s boiler and the replacement of a radiator at the property. repairs to a window mechanism at the property.
Winchester City Council (202322119)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s response to: Reports of damp and mould in the property. Reports of heating and ventilation issues. Reports of incurred debt as a result of the property condition. The resident’s concerns about the landlord’s …
London Borough of Hackney (202417345)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns about leaks, and damp and mould within the property. Associated complaint.
London Borough of Lambeth (202325251)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The decant process, including the resident’s request for a permanent move to an alternative property. The resident’s request for a parking permit at the decant property. We have also considered the landlord’s …
London Borough of Lambeth (202424802)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Repair requests following a leak into the property and subsequent report of damp and mould. Complaint.
London Borough of Wandsworth (202330253)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould within the property.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202228981)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Snagging works in the property. The resident’s concerns about the fire alarm trunking. The landlord’s handling of the complaint has also been considered.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202320835)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of a leak in the property and resulting damp and mould. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs at the resident’s property.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202418392)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to leaks in the resident’s property including reported damage to the ceiling, hallway, walls and damp and mould. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202433015)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of roof leaks affecting the property and associated repairs. Associated complaint.
Nottingham City Council (202306942)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: The resident’s reports of subsidence in his property. The resident’s request that it remove a tree that was next to his property.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202313625)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of a neighbour's car blocking the path to her property. the resident’s complaint.
Southern Housing (202231873)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property. the resident’s complaint.
St Albans City and District Council (202429405)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint was about: The resident’s concerns about the condition of the property on letting and further repairs. The landlord's response to the resident's reports of mould in the property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Yorkshire Housing Limited (202417948)
Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the resident’s property. Response to the resident’s concerns about the presence of asbestos in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202333293)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of rodents in the property.
Eastbourne Borough Council (202330568)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports regarding the maintenance of shrubs and a wall at the side of his property.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202320940)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about: Boiler repair works in the neighbouring property. The installation of lino flooring in the neighbouring property. Conduct by the contractors.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202325240)
Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of leaks into her property that have caused damage, damp and mould. Request for the landlord to buy back her property. Complaint and the level of compensation offered.
Milton Keynes Council (202421402)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: The resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property. The resident’s request that it replace her bathroom. The resident’s report that her curtain rail had become detached from the wall. The …
Orbit Housing Association Limited (202316043)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of reports about drainage and sewage issues in the property. complaint handling.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202326238)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the: Resident’s reports about damage to the brickwork in the property. Associated complaints.
Slough Borough Council (202305272)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould at the property. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Together Housing Association Limited (202411431)
Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould repairs in the resident’s property.
Abri Group Limited (202327210)
Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of drain blockages in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaints handling.
GreenSquareAccord Limited (202322171)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise transference from outside the property.
Leeds City Council (202304704)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs in the property.
London Borough of Camden Council (202348136)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the resident’s concerns about condition of the property at the start of the tenancy. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202326885)
Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the sale and handover of the resident’s new build property.
Origin Housing Limited (202416610)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of water ingress into her property. Handling of the associated complaint.