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 2,188 of 16,227 decisions matching "group"
Livv Housing Group (202113921)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports about the condition of her garden; Response to reports of outstanding repairs to the drainage at the property. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s: Communication; Record keeping and …
One Housing Group Limited (202210259)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The response provided on the resident’s request for copies of invoices and receipts from service charges for financial year 20/21. The response provided on the resident’s queries relating to actual spend reported for service charges in …
Southern Housing Group Limited (202115880)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of leaks, damp and mould; Handling of the residents’ vulnerabilities, health and welfare concerns; Response to the resident’s request for a management move; Complaint handling.
The Riverside Group Limited (202126771)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about increases to the service charges for the 2021/22 financial year. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Abri Group Limited (202124340)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports that she was allocated the wrong property; handling of the associated complaint.
Places for People Group Limited (202213764)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for her kitchen to be replaced due to damp and disrepair.
Home Group Limited (202202705)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of damage to hall carpet caused by a previous repair and the related complaint.
Orbit Group Limited (202012257)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for an increase in her disturbance payment and reimbursement of decorating costs. The condition of the property when it was let to the resident and outstanding repairs.
Abri Group Limited (202015303)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of noise nuisance and her request for compensation. The associated complaint.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202204721)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s bathroom skirting board, bathroom door, bathroom cupboard flooring, a crack in the kitchen ceiling, a faulty intercom, and bathroom handrail.
The Riverside Group Limited (202115892)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of fire safety works. Response to the resident’s concerns about the condition of communal areas of the building. Response to the resident’s concerns about reports of problems with the back door at the …
Home Group Limited (202213632)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in the outhouse/utility room of the property. Handling of the associated complaint.
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Limited (202012877)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The level and standard of cleaning services at the resident’s property, including his requests for information about this. The increase in and reasonableness of the service charges. The resident’s complaint.
Abri Group Limited (202105835)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould. Complaint handling.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202216358)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about the landlord’s request that the resident remove her belongings from the communal areas of her building.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202111916)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s toilet. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of poor conduct from its staff and contractors. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Places for People Group Limited (202122124)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Offer of reimbursement (amount) to the resident for the service charge of the communal light and power. Response to the resident’s request that the landlord reimburse her for the communal electricity charges she had …
Platform Housing Group Limited (202015316)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for information about the 2019/20 service charges. The level of service charges for communal electricity and grounds maintenance and whether the charges were correct. The landlord’s handling of the …
The Riverside Group Limited (202208737)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request that his kitchen, kitchen door, windows, external doors and radiators be repaired or replaced. The landlord’s handling of the assciated complaint.
Anchor Hanover Group (202017364)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to concerns about the suitability of the resident’s former property. The landlord’s refusal to grant the resident access to view CCTV footage. The landlord’s assertion that the resident was in rent arrears. The …
The Riverside Group Limited (202216106)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the level of compensation the landlord has offered for damage caused by its contractor to the wallpaper and a set of drawers in the resident’s bedroom.
The Riverside Group Limited (202207502)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s reports of poor quality work and damage caused by contractors when replacing her kitchen and bathroom, and the compensation offered for this.
Settle Group (202208571)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of defects in his property including the length of time taken to rectify this. The associated complaint handling.
Anchor Hanover Group (202210252)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the hedge at the rear of her property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s report of staff conduct. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
The Riverside Group Limited (202208873)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports about her fence.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202114713)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of the kitchen replacement. handling of repairs to the toilet flush. response to the resident’s concerns about contaminated drinking water. communication, complaint handling and offer of compensation.
The Riverside Group Limited (202210893)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the gable end of the resident’s property.
Walsall Housing Group Limited (202203203)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to reports of a leak from the property above. Handling of the associated complaint.
Anchor Hanover Group (202118688)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s bathroom and the level of compensation offered.
Southern Housing Group Limited (202204844)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled: The resident’s reports of fly tipping and rubbish being dumped at the rear of the building. The resident’s request to have CCTV installed. Repairs to the lock of the rear gate.
Southern Housing Group Limited (202206100)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of no heating and hot water in the property. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202121643)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of repairs to her roof and associated remedial work. The related complaint.
Orbit Group Limited (202211662)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of broken fence posts.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202126368)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s rehousing request.
Orbit Group Limited (202109503)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
REPORT COMPLAINT 202109503 Orbit Group Limited 6 January 2023 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 is […]
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202127225)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s application for medical priority.
The Riverside Group Limited (202207613)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports regarding his door, and his subsequent request to be reimbursed for the cost of additional energy usage due to the resulting draughts.
East Midlands Housing Group Limited (202201886)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s requests for it to replace her flooring, and the quality of its associated works and communication. The associated complaint.
Platform Housing Group Limited (202117760)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for service charge information. The resident’s reports that they had been overcharged. The resident’s concerns about whether the lease allows the landlord to charge an administration fee.
East Midlands Housing Group Limited (202121983)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
REPORT COMPLAINT 202121983 East Midlands Housing Group Limited 13 June 2023 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. […]
Flagship Housing Group Limited (202014892)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The resident complains about: the landlord’s handling of the removal of her car; the landlord’s handling of her subsequent formal complaint, and; the landlord’s handling of her formal complaint about harassment and discrimination.
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (202202700)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The landlord’s handling of the residents’ reports of ongoing water ingress from their bedroom window.
Anchor Hanover Group (202208627)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to be reimbursed for the cost of an electrician’s call-out recharge by it to her, and its associated record keeping.
The Riverside Group Limited (202208736)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to recharge the resident for the repair to the soffit.
Anchor Hanover Group (202208400)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about a pest infestation.
One Housing Group Limited (202203250)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of heating problems in the resident’s home.
Westward Housing Group Limited (202014374)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
This complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns regarding the: reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) from Neighbour A. landlord’s communication about the parking bay. the related complaint.
Paradigm Housing Group Limited (202013561)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s anti-social behaviour reports. Anti-social reports made about the resident.
Southern Housing Group Limited (202203771)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of noise disturbance from the flat above.
Jigsaw Homes Group Limited (202201661)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the management of the intercom services, including their request for a refund.