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 1,975 of 16,227 decisions
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202103219)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord erroneously changing the locks at the property and its subsequent investigation of the error. The complaint is also about the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Hillingdon (202109303)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reporting of: Several repairs issues. A rodent infestation.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (201911304)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to issue a notice to the resident to remove items that he had stored in the communal cupboard when he previously had been permitted to use this, and its enforcement of this policy …
Mid Devon District Council (202013248)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about: The conduct, behaviour and comments by landlord staff made to her when visiting her property, with or without prior notice. Window repairs. Bathroom heating. The landlord’s response to damp and mould reports. Repairs to her …
Midland Heart Limited (202017042)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Information and data management
The resident complains about: the landlords handling of data protection, the quality of the call transcripts and the advice provided about call recordings in relation to his Subject Access Request (SAR). how the landlord handled his reports of the faulty …
Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202007083)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: How the landlord handled repairs to the resident’s property following his reports of damp and mould. How the landlord handled the resident’s request to be rehoused. The handling of the formal complaint.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202105218)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp. The associated complaint handling.
Harlow District Council (202012770)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports regarding mould at her property; request for her priority banding on the social housing register to be increased; request for a management move.
Notting Hill Genesis (202100607)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s request to provide form EWS1 for the building which she owns a property in. Complaint handling.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202102360)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about:
Southern Housing Group Limited (202015874)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's reports of ASB, in particular with regards to the use of cannabis by other residents on the block.
Tendring District Council (202101347)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s property. This Service has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint and its record keeping.
Torus62 Limited (202100229)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The resident’s complaint is about: The valuation of the property carried out during the staircasing process. The landlord’s handling of her request to purchase an additional share in the shared ownership property.
Chelmer Housing Partnership Limited (202102484)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property. The landlord’s associated complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202004945)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint concerns the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of an electrical fault. complaint about the conduct of an employee. claim for compensation. request for gas heating. The associated handling of the complaint.
Ealing Council (202118784)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint concerns the Council’s decision about a management transfer request made in 2006.
Gentoo Sunderland Ltd (202108681)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Financial
REPORT COMPLAINT 202108681 Gentoo Sunderland Ltd 13 December 2021 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 […]
Hammersmith and Fulham Council (202017220)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs to her bathroom.
London Borough of Redbridge (202115867)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint concerns the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour.
Midland Heart Limited (201915568)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the landlord’s compliance with an out of court settlement for disrepair.
Notting Hill Genesis (202100524)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about communal repairs and maintenance of her building, including: The replacement of the communal carpet. Cleaning of the communal paved areas. Repairs to a communal fire door, the communal …
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident complained about the: Conduct of the landlord’s member of staff. Landlord’s response to their report that their gate had been damaged by the member of staff. Landlord’s request that they remove items from outside of the property.
Bernicia Group (202114716)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Financial
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports their fridge freezer was damaged following an electrical test.
Darlington Borough Council (202014803)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s anti-social behaviour (ASB) reports; the resident’s complaint about staff conduct.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202011120)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour, caused by her neighbour installing a movement activated doorbell. The associated complaint.
Longhurst Group Limited (202015184)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the safety of their garden.
Notting Hill Genesis (202014951)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint that it delayed in completing repairs to her wet room.
Peabody Trust (202104313)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of fly-tipping and its response to her request to remove the bulky waste element of her service charge. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Settle Group (202000097)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The landlord’s response to reports of mould, damp walls, and ceilings. The landlord’s response to concerns about the boiler’s low pressure and a leak from a radiator. The landlord’s response to a request for compensation for damage to the carpet …
Westminster City Council (202101263)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident complains about the level of compensation offered by the landlord for delays in repairs to damaged flooring, and to the heating system.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202100601)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202100601 Clarion Housing Association Limited 7 December 2021 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 […]
Exeter City Council (202103088)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s boiler. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for an alternative contractor.
North Tyneside Council (202109787)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about Is about: the landlord's handling of reports of damp to the property. the priority awarded to the resident’s request to be re-housed.
One Vision Housing Limited (202006531)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: The quality of communal cleaning at the property. An incident involving a member of the cleaning staff.
Optivo (202101632)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is regarding how the landlord responded to the resident’s reports of a leak at his property.
Paragon Asra Housing Limited (202015406)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports that a service charge should not be payable in respect of the property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the administration of her service charge, including that …
Vivid Housing Limited (202010013)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident complains about how the landlord responded to her reports of damp and mould in the property.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202016772)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: how the landlord responded to the resident’s concerns about a decant. the landlord’s response to a request for a copy of its policies and procedures.
Westminster City Council (202113783)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint concerns the council’s decision that the resident must repay the Right to Buy discount when they sell their property.
Citizen Housing (202105621)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about: The heating in her property not working. Damp and mould in her property.
Derwent Community Housing Association Limited (202010496)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of unpleasant smells at the property. Complaints handling.
Greenwich Council (202101671)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports concerning anti-social behaviour, including noise nuisance and drug activity.
Home Group Limited (202009773)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s staircasing application. Response to the resident’s concerns regarding service charges levied against the property. Response to the resident’s concerns that it failed to provide her with a copy of the …
Kingston upon Thames Council (202100533)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about: The condition of the property at the time of letting and the landlord’s response to the resident’s subsequent request for repairs to the property. The resident’s concerns that the landlord did not take her disability into …
Lambeth and Southwark Housing Association Limited (202000920)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns regarding the temperature within the property. Response to the resident’s concerns regarding the property’s windows. Response to the resident’s concerns of a sewage smell and mould within the property. …
Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited (202108647)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs and major works to the resident’s windows. Communication with the resident about the replacement windows. Decision not to provide the resident with secondary glazing. Handling of the complaint.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202104457)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident's reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) from her neighbour. the resident's reports of mice in her property. the associated complaint.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202107784)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
REPORT COMPLAINT 202107784 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 8 December 2021 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 […]
Southern Housing Group Limited (202009095)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to investigate and resolve the resident’s reports of: Dog fouling by tenant A. Threats to kill by tenant B. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202014623)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in his property. The landlord’s associated complaint handling.