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 1,955 of 16,227 decisions matching "borough"
London Borough of Lambeth (202335573)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould, and the subsequent repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s complaints handling.
London Borough of Hounslow (202343142)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould. A pest infestation. We have also considered the landlords complaint handling.
London Borough of Islington (202403833)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about how the landlord responded to the resident’s concerns about the noise from a local community centre when in use, and the impact it was having on her health.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (202343326)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of its resident’s request to retrieve personal belongings from her late sister’s property.
London Borough of Lewisham (202427559)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a mice infestation. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Stevenage Borough Council (202321733)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Gutter leak, fascia, soffit, and roof repairs. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Camden Council (202407878)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The landlord’s handling of the recurrent loss of heating and hot water over the winter period.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (202401674)
Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of living in a cold property.
Charnwood Borough Council (202501861)
Mediation
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of drains flooding in the garden of the property.
Haringey London Borough Council (202500917)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s:
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202422118)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of pests. Reports of damp and mould. Reports of damaged items. Concerns about staff conduct. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202431867)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). the resident’s request for a property transfer. the associated complaint.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202448931)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The resident’s requests for rehousing and/or adaptations to the property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about rats around the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Camden Council (202439436)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord's handling of: A repair to the kitchen light. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Camden Council (202452404)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s reports about anti-social behaviour (ASB). The Ombudsman has investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Croydon (202314582)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) by a neighbour. Associated complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202404873)
Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about service charge arrears.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (202331963)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for it to remove items from her previous address. Reports of a flood and resulting damage. This Service has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
London Borough of Havering Council (202434804)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns in respect to parking. The resident’s damp and mould reports. The resident’s concerns in respect to the communal stairwells. The resident’s reports of loss of heating and hot water. …
London Borough of Hounslow (202407223)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould. Request to be permanently rehoused. Move to temporary rehousing while it conducted repair work.
London Borough of Islington (202447925)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of leaks, damp, and mould in the resident’s property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Lambeth (202403228)
Outside Jurisdiction
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the applicant's request to succeed a tenancy.
London Borough of Waltham Forest (202500361)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and assault by a neighbour and her contractor. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of the neighbour using the communal area for building works …
Melton Borough Council (202423492)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of a data breach. the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). allegations of criminal damage against the resident. tenancy warning letters issued to the resident.
Reading Borough Council (202332518)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: concerns about a staff member’s conduct request for her tenancy agreement reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) report of window repairs request for a new front door report the landlord was …
Royal Borough Of Greenwich (202451608)
Mediation
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s report of water entering the property and the associated damp and mould.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202329648)
Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of Antisocial Behaviour (ASB)
Slough Borough Council (202217555)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to service charge queries. We have also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling.
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (202419593)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of repairs. Concerns regarding comments made by a surveyor during a visit to the property. Associated complaint.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202452161)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould. The resident’s management transfer request.
London Borough of Barnet (202439737)
Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about a roof leak. This Service has also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
London Borough of Ealing (202319198)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould, and the associated repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Lambeth (202339244)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports in 2021 about water ingress. Reports in May 2022 that the roof leak had damaged her property. Concerns in 2022 that there were delays with it repairing the roof. …
London Borough of Lambeth (202441786)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a leak. The landlord’s response to the resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Lambeth (202500713)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to address leaks, asbestos and damp and mould in the property. We have investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets (202303693)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Issues with his building insurance company, including related repairs to the interior of his home . Reports of issues with his windows. Reports of a blocked drain. We have also …
London Borough of Tower Hamlets (202338185)
Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for compensation following a leak. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling.
London Borough of Wandsworth (202337234)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about: the condition of the property after she moved in. the collapse of her living room ceiling. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (202424423)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: No heating and hot water. Leaks.
Haringey London Borough Council (202450621)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the: Resident’s request for adaptation works to the property. Associated complaints.
London Borough of Brent (202453056)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour (ASB).
London Borough of Lambeth (202332105)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: The resident’s requests for it to replace the bedroom windows. The resident’s reports of a leak into the property and the associated repairs. The associated complaint.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (202333999)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202348399)
No Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The purchase of the resident’s former property, home move, and associated communications throughout the process. The condition of the resident’s new property.
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (202337870)
Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). The resident’s request to move. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Lambeth (202409283)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
REPORT COMPLAINT 202409283 London Borough of Lambeth 25 September 2025 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the […]
London Borough of Lambeth (202449187)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about: Damp and mould and drainage issues. A leak into the property. The condition of the windows. We have also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaints.
Haringey London Borough Council (202224687)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a roof leak at the property. Associated complaint.
London Borough of Havering Council (202328972)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
REPORT COMPLAINT 202328972 London Borough of Havering Council 24 September 2025 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of […]
London Borough of Lewisham (202408476)
Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Repairs required to the property including to the bathroom, toilet, cupboard door, kitchen units and windows. Repairs required to address damp and mould in the property. The associated …