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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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 1,685 of 16,227 decisions matching "tenancy"
Curo Places Limited (202331355)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of tenancy compliance issues. handling of reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). handling of correspondence from the resident. response to the resident’s request for a hard copy of the tenancy agreement. respon se to …
Acis Group Limited (202226890)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request to cancel their tenancy. The associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202118676)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding: Gas safety checks at the property. Payment of court fees in relation to an injunction for gas safety checks. The landlord’s mergers from 2016. The amount of rent …
West Kent Housing Association (202226103)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Concerns about the electric debt left on the meter at the start of the tenancy. Concerns about the gas debt left on the meter at the start of the tenancy. …
Livv Housing Group (202414782)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of concerns about: the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy. outstanding repairs at the property. pest infestation. staff conduct. antisocial behaviour (ASB). We have also considered the landlord’s complaint …
Haringey London Borough Council (202313685)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to update her household details on her tenancy file. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Bolton at Home Limited (202321740)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to have their name removed from a tenancy. The resident’s priority for social housing.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202227796)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s personal information as she believes that it provided her information to a third party without her consent. A tenancy transfer from a joint tenancy into a sole tenancy following a …
Peabody Trust (202318478)
Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of repairs. Response to the resident's concerns about her contact details and her access to her tenancy account online. This investigation also considers the landlord’s complaint handling and record …
Hexagon Housing Association Limited (202318042)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy and the landlord’s handling of subsequent repairs. The Ombudsman will also investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Leeds City Council (202304762)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to charge the resident rent for a new tenancy during the period the property was uninhabitable although: Adaptations were not complete. It had no hot water or gas supply or gas safety certificate.
London Borough of Croydon (202220147)
Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The landlord’s response to the resident’s health issues and its handling of her request for adaptations and reasonable adjustments to be made. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of the property …
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202320209)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: the resident’s concerns about the property condition at the start of the tenancy, the signup, and her request for the report of its inspection before she moved in. the resident’s concerns about …
Leicester City Council (202340167)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: concerns regarding its issuance of a Notice to Quit (NTQ), and termination of their tenancy ; associated complaint.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202312994)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s personal information. The utility supplier when the resident’s tenancy started. The associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202222847)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for his father to represent him. Reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). Requests for a copy of his tenancy agreement. Request for a management transfer to another home. Subject access …
Sanctuary Housing Association (202226029)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident's reports about works agreed when she signed up for the tenancy of the property and after the tenancy started. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202410154)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs and concerns reported by the resident prior to signing for the tenancy, and shortly after the tenancy began related to: External issues, such as a broken bollard, open manhole, and no …
Great Yarmouth Borough Council (202231188)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the resident’s reports about the landlord’s handling of; Damp and mould and the subsequent remedial repairs in the property. The claim for damage to the household’s belongings. The management of the tenancy including audits and an …
Southwark Council (202218279)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of domestic abuse (DA). The ending of the resident’s tenancy. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202306125)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s: Request to succeed to her mother’s tenancy. Associated complaint.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202316428)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak from the resident’s boiler shortly after her tenancy began. This Service has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202230637)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request: to complete a mutual exchange with his grandmother. to succeed his grandmother’s tenancy. The Ombudsman has also assessed the landlord’s: complaint handling. record keeping.
LiveWest Homes Limited (202320358)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident concerning: The handling of repairs to her previous property. The condition of her current property at the start of the tenancy. The handling of repairs to her current property.
Brighton and Hove City Council (202334600)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of reports of roof leaks, major works, and reports that the property was not fit to let at the start of the tenancy. Complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202322298)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The condition of a property at the start of the tenancy. The adequacy of the heating and hot water system in the property. A request for a wash hand basin in the …
Warwick District Council (202201904)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s rent account including his late mother’s arrears after the resident succeeded the tenancy. The related complaint.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202339926)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident and her son’s personal information. Repairs to the property. The resident’s son’s request to be added to the tenancy. The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour by a neighbour. The Ombudsman …
Westminster City Council (202334043)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs needed to the property after the start of the tenancy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
TBG Open Door Limited (202302665)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding: the repair condition of her temporary accommodation. her report of road noise at her current property. a lack of heating and hot water at her current property at …
Rooftop Housing Association Limited (202306466)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s report of the property condition from tenancy sign up. Communication around the rent and rent in advance payment prior to tenancy sign up. Visits after the tenancy started. The Ombudsman has also considered the …
Bristol City Council (202336708)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns about temporary accommodation and rehousing options offered to her, following a fire at the property. The ending of the resident’s tenancy. The resident’s concerns about fly-tipping in the garden. …
London Borough of Brent (202325045)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs from the start of the tenancy. the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould. the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Home Group Limited (202312599)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports and concerns about: responsibilities under the tenancy agreement. rodents at the property, removal of ivy, pointing, doorstep repairs and fly-tipping. removal of concrete planters. damage to cables. graffiti, gate …
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202346667)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Void checks and the resident’s reports of heating repairs following the start of the tenancy. The associated complaint. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202220405)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The landlord's handling of the resident's: Request to assign her tenancy. Associated complaint.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202316345)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports about support services it provided during her tenancy. The resident’s complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202308878)
Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s request to assign her tenancy to her daughter.
London Borough of Ealing (202315949)
Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the applicant’s complaint regarding his discretionary tenancy application.
North West Leicestershire District Council (202306960)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
This investigation is about: The condition of the resident’s home when he started his tenancy. The landlord’s response to the resident’s complaint that its actions caused the death of his pets and the loss of frozen food.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202222581)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: repairs to the heating, hot water and ventilation systems in the property. the resident’s concerns about the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy. the associated complaint.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council (202336218)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of repair and cleanliness issues in the property at the start of the tenancy. Reports of damp and mould. Associated formal complaint.
Sovereign Network Homes (Former Network Homes) (202301357)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to damp and mould. Response to repair issues including the condition of the property at the beginning of the tenancy. Response to the resident’s concerns about the landlord’s staff and its contractors including …
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202231833)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord’s response to concerns about the condition of the resident’s property when his tenancy commenced. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Peabody Trust (202233123)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s requests for information about her tenancy. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Agudas Israel Housing Association Limited (202227019)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs at the resident’s property. The resident’s concerns that the landlord failed to complete a refurbishment offered at the start of her tenancy. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202217008)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to reports of rubbish accumulation in the resident’s garden and associated staff behaviour. Response to the resident’s request for a sole tenancy and associated universal credit (UC) claim. Complaint handling .
Flagship Housing Group Limited (202215333)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about the condition of her former property when the tenancy commenced and the resident’s disrepair reports. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint including the amount of compensation offered.
Tower Hamlets Council (202209790)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to accept a notice to quit the joint tenancy and re-grant sole tenancy to the resident’s wife. We have also considered the landlord’s: record keeping. complaint handling.
Karbon Homes Limited inc Byker Community Trust (202213965)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to investigate issues of noise transference at the property. The landlord’s decision to issue the resident with a tenancy warning. The landlord’s associated complaint handling.