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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Complaint: Leaseholder
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: allegations of not maintaining the drainage system at the property; request to make a claim for damages; associated formal complaint.
Case 201914783 · 22 Feb 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to recharge the resident for repair costs following works on her boiler.
Case 202007057 · 22 Feb 2021
Newham Council (201907168) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of rent arrears following the resident’s succession of the tenancy; the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s property; the landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 201907168 · 22 Feb 2021
Complaint: Information and data management
The resident complained about the landlord’s: handling of a staircasing transaction in 2012. response to their request for the registration certificate for the solar panels at the property.
Case 202005054 · 22 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of reoccurring leaks at their property.
Case 202006829 · 22 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to be allowed to retain CCTV he had installed prior to seeking its permission.
Case 201914012 · 19 Feb 2021
Complaint: Case Review
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of disrepair in the property, primarily: The dormer windows not fitted correctly, allowing water ingress into his flat when open; The water leak into his flat; The front and …
Case 201913972 · 19 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The resident complains about the landlord’s delay in resolving a leak into the property, and its subsequent offer of compensation for this.
Case 201906262 · 18 Feb 2021
Kingston upon Thames Council (202002989) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about an old heating box. Complaint handling.
Case 202002989 · 18 Feb 2021
Lambeth Council (201910354) No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s concerns about plans for electrical works at her property; response to the resident’s reports about anti-social behaviour (ASB) from her neighbour, including: noise nuisance; cigarette smoke entering her property; response …
Case 201910354 · 18 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports of: broken paving slabs; defective street lighting; and complaint handling.
Case 201901347 · 17 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident complained about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the heating and hot water in the property.
Case 202005077 · 17 Feb 2021
Complaint: Estate Management
The resident complained about how the landlord handled their:
Case 201915622 · 17 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: the resident’s reports of damp and mould between 2015 and June 2019 the resident’s reports of damp and mould from June 2019.
Case 202005965 · 17 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Charges categories
The complaint is about: the administration of service charges the landlord’s handling of the associated formal complaint.
Case 202000180 · 16 Feb 2021
Notting Hill Genesis (202000349) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s requests for adaptations to the property. Her reports of repairs required to the property. The landlord’s handling of her complaint.
Case 202000349 · 16 Feb 2021
Octavia Housing (202007247) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise disturbance from a neighbouring property; The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damage caused to the property by works carried out at a neighbouring property; The …
Case 202007247 · 16 Feb 2021
The complaint is about:
Case 202006720 · 16 Feb 2021
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for information about the cladding on the building she resides in, to enable her to complete the sale of her shared-ownership home.
Case 202000092 · 16 Feb 2021
Complaint: Repairs
The resident complained about the landlord’s response to repairs, following a number of leaks at the property.
Case 202005372 · 15 Feb 2021
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about: The accuracy of the fire safety assessment completed by the landlord in relation to the building which the resident owns a property in. The landlord’s response to Government guidance on fire safety and cladding in relation …
Case 202001700 · 15 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Tenants Behaviour categories
The complaint is about: The landlord’s administration of the resident’s rent account. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The landlord’s handling of the resident’s key return at the end of the tenancy.
Case 202008502 · 14 Feb 2021
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to change the resident’s housing transfer band.
Case 201910076 · 13 Feb 2021
Brent Council (201905225) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about: anti-social behaviour counter allegations
Case 201905225 · 12 Feb 2021
Brent Council (202007978) No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for installation of CCTV.
Case 202007978 · 12 Feb 2021
Citizen Housing (202003591) No Maladministration
The complaint is about the landlord: providing inaccurate information to the resident about the number of years remaining on the lease; making a decision about which potential buyer to sell the property to; charging the resident an administration charge; charging …
Case 202003591 · 12 Feb 2021
LiveWest Homes Limited (202001701) Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about: Historic kitchen works and contractor behaviour Missed appointments Loss of hot water and gas Use of Personal Data Current kitchen condition
Case 202001701 · 12 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise nuisance and other behaviour by a neighbour.
Case 201912975 · 12 Feb 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: repairs to the resident’s windows and doors; complaints about intermittent hot water at the property; the associated formal complaint.
Case 201911186 · 12 Feb 2021
Southwark Council (202008684) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of a backflow surge of water into the property and its response to the complaint.
Case 202008684 · 12 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of noise nuisance from a neighbour.
Case 202006171 · 12 Feb 2021
Home Group Limited (202000698) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Tenants Behaviour categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of an unauthorised person living in the neighbouring property.
Case 202000698 · 11 Feb 2021
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for information to enable her to complete the sale of her shared-ownership home, including information about the cladding on the building she resides in.
Case 202001461 · 11 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns: the landlord’s decision regarding its liability and responsibility for repairs to the downstairs toilet and the conservatory the landlord’s response to the residents’ complaint about the customer service they received.
Case 202006090 · 11 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Compensation categories
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to two leaks in the property including the length of time taken by it to resolve these matters. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for compensation for the damage to his personal …
Case 202002439 · 10 Feb 2021
Exeter City Council (202005117) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: consultation about, and installation of, a mobility scooter storage unit (the store). handling of the associated formal complaint.
Case 202005117 · 10 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Health and Safety categories
The complaint is about how the landlord dealt with arrangements to carry out an annual gas safety inspection at the resident’s property.
Case 202001296 · 10 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports regarding repair works to the ‘threshold’ at his patio door and the subsequent amount of compensation it offered.
Case 202008169 · 10 Feb 2021
Notting Hill Genesis (202001127) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about how the landlord had responded to the resident’s reports of issues with the satellite signal serving his property.
Case 202001127 · 10 Feb 2021
Salix Homes Limited (202007611) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about: The resident’s concerns about the landlord’s asbestos removal works’ planning, necessity, and completion without his permission. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request to make good the damage in his toilet room following asbestos removal works.
Case 202007611 · 10 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about: the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of leaks into his property, including the conduct of its staff and damage to the property and his appliances; and the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaints.
Case 202001482 · 10 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to a plumbing repair.
Case 202004898 · 9 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to remove the resident’s light and fan fitting to resolve issues with the property’s electrical supply.
Case 202000084 · 9 Feb 2021
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: refusal to repair a dividing fence at the resident’s property; handling of the associated formal complaint.
Case 202002244 · 9 Feb 2021
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s rehousing application.
Case 202006506 · 9 Feb 2021
The complaint is about the landlord’s:
Case 202006450 · 8 Feb 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to Government guidance on cladding in relation to the building the resident owns a property in. Response to the resident’s request to reimburse the costs which she had incurred in attempting to sell …
Case 201912566 · 8 Feb 2021
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to allow partition of the rear garden at the property.
Case 202003683 · 8 Feb 2021
Southwark Council (201906325) No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour.
Case 201906325 · 8 Feb 2021
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the landlord failing to carry out void works prior to the resident moving into the property; the length of time it took the landlord to carry out repairs; the landlord’s communication, including complaint handling and staff …
Case 201910473 · 8 Feb 2021