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 3,519 of 16,227 decisions matching "association"
Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202121292)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of bed bugs at the property and the level of compensation offered for losses incurred.
Unity Housing Association Limited (202119565)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about her ‘Right to Acquire’ application.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202214051)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled repairs to the ceiling following a leak in the property.
Orbit Housing Association Limited (202016279)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s management and handing of: The resident’s request to repair four windows in the resident’s property. The resident’s complaints and the level of compensation it offered for heating costs due to the delay in completing …
Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202212845)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: the resident’s concerns about communal grounds maintenance. The associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202119635)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The landlords handling of:
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202125853)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports of defects at her property, and complaint handling.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202127631)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about: A downpipe. The communal doors to the bin store. A car park light. The landlord’s complaints handling has also been investigated.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202126537)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to a roof leak, broken window, blocked sink and the refusal of a decant. The landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202121168)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of outstanding repairs to the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202201859)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of a sewage smell coming from the kitchen sink. The associated complaint.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202011182)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s ongoing issues with heating and hot water.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202103858)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
REPORT COMPLAINT 202103858 Clarion Housing Association 18 May 2023 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining […]
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202109988)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of roof repairs. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sanctuary Housing Association (202219016)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
This complaint is about: The condition of the property when it was let to the resident. The landlord’s response to concerns about a neighbouring resident having access to CCTV equipment. The landlord’s communication and complaint handling.
Swan Housing Association Limited (202205072)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident's reports of outstanding repairs. The Ombudsman will also consider the landlord’s complaint handling.
Gateway Housing Association Limited (202112753)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: communal area requests (store cupboard, hedge and boundary wall); reports of littering and fly-tipping. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202100482)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the level of compensation offered to the resident following reports of a pest infestation in her property.
Hexagon Housing Association Limited (202215395)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlords handling of repairs to the resident's boiler.
Trident Housing Association Limited (202013105)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB), and; handling of the associated complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202115802)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of errors in the resident’s lease, the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of domestic violence and of the landlord’s administration and level of communication. The Ombudsman has considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Derwent Housing Association Limited (202202840)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to escalate the resident’s complaint to stage two of its complaints process.
Irwell Valley Housing Association Limited (202124091)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s request to remove the gravel from the front of the property; response to the resident’s request to remove a vent from her living room; repairs to the toilet flush; response …
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202200752)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould in the property’s basement. The repairs to plasterwork in a bedroom. The associated complaints.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202200819)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a pest infestation at the resident’s property. This Service has also considered the associated complaint handling.
Broadacres Housing Association Limited (202113583)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of asbestos in their former property.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202114854)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident's complaint is about the landlord's handling of his reports of Anti Social Behaviour by neighbours. The landlord’s complaints handling has also been considered.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202123998)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
This complaint is about: The landlord’s response to a request for a breakdown of the service charge account. The associated complaint handling.
Wandle Housing Association Limited (202115070)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of discrimination. Communication about an issue with the energy meter. Handling of the complaint.
Great Places Housing Association (202106133)
Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for compensation, following a complaint about an area of land at the rear of the resident’s garden.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202119747)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the repairs to the resident’s bathroom. The Ombudsman has also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202202401)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repair work to the resident’s heating system; and Communication and handling of the complaint.
Guinness Housing Association Limited (202221498)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s decision not to replace the bathroom and the kitchen in the resident’s property. The associated formal complaint into this matter.
West Kent Housing Association (202220036)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint concerns the level of compensation offered by the landlord following repairs and maintenance to the car park streetlighting.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202108928)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the transfer of the tenancy to the resident’s ex-partner. How the landlord handled the resident’s complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202207114)
Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s boiler. The level of compensation awarded as redress to the complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202212280)
Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of rodent infestation at her property. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to be rehoused due to the infestation.
Great Places Housing Association (202123116)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of a leak affecting the property. The landlord’s handling of works to make good damage caused by the leak. The landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202121454)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about disrepair issues with: the windows in his property; the communal area. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling.
Irwell Valley Housing Association Limited (202203977)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports that she did not receive services for which she was being charged. Handling of works required to the kitchen at the property. Complaints handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202113563)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of the repair of a storage heater. the associated complaint handling and offer of compensation.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202127553)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint concerns the landlord’s response to the resident about: The cleaning of the communal areas. The rent and service charges increase.
Cottsway Housing Association Limited (202211638)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of, and response to, the resident’s application for a mutual exchange.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202212252)
No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of fly-tipping.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202220946)
Partial 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 associated complaint.
Hyde Housing Association Limited (202120154)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to reports of a pigeon infestation. Handling of the related complaint.
Thames Valley Housing Association Limited (202115633)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The resident complains about the landlords handling of: Repairs to the communal door. The cleaning of the communal areas of the building. Non resident’s use of car parking at the property. The landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Spitalfields Housing Association Limited (202016687)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s: Repairs team’s responses to the resident’s calls and emails. Handling of the associated complaint.
Bromford Housing Association Limited (202114474)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of reports of damp and mould and the level of compensation offered. Complaint handling.
Clarion Housing Association Limited (202111355)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports for repairs to the window handles and balcony door, and; the associated formal complaint.