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.

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Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Health and safety issues caused by a gap between the scaffolding and the wall outside her property. A defective push-to-exit button for the lower ground floor block entrance …
Case 202453238 · 22 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202432825 Decision type Investigation Landlord Freebridge Community Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 21 October 2025 Background The resident is an assured tenant of the landlord. The property […]
Case 202432825 · 21 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202503846 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Hackney Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 21 October 2025 Background The resident, a foster parent, has lived in the property, […]
Case 202503846 · 21 Oct 2025
Notting Hill Genesis (202342604) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202342604 Decision type Investigation Landlord Notting Hill Genesis Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 24 October 2025 Background The property is a one-bedroom, top floor flat. There are 3 flats […]
Case 202342604 · 21 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202429307 Decision type Investigation Landlord A2Dominion Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The property is an end of terrace house. The resident’s […]
Case 202429307 · 20 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of communal flooring replacement at the property. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202430070 · 20 Oct 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
Decision Case ID 202440508 Decision type Investigation Landlord Clarion Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident lives in the property which is a 2-bedroom […]
Case 202440508 · 20 Oct 2025
London Borough of Hillingdon (202453498) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202453498 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Hillingdon Landlord type Local Authority Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident moved into the property, a one bedroom first […]
Case 202453498 · 20 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202502748 Decision type Investigation Landlord Midland Heart Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The property is a mid-terraced house. The resident initially reported […]
Case 202502748 · 20 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202334587 Decision type Investigation Landlord Tandridge District Council Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 1 bedroom property. […]
Case 202334587 · 20 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202341258 Decision type Investigation Landlord The Community Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 20 October 2025 Background The resident has an assured tenancy and the property is […]
Case 202341258 · 20 Oct 2025
Ocean Housing Limited (202339274) No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202339274 Decision type Investigation Landlord Ocean Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 16 October 2025 Background The resident lived in a 2-bedroom property. They lived with […]
Case 202339274 · 17 Oct 2025
Torus62 Limited (202344614) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202344614 Decision type Investigation Landlord Torus62 Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 17 October 2025 Background The resident lives in a 4-bedroom inner terrace property with her son. She […]
Case 202344614 · 17 Oct 2025
Abri Group Limited (202503845) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202503845 Decision type Investigation Landlord Abri Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 15 October 2025 Background The property is a 2-bedroom flat in a block of 6 […]
Case 202503845 · 15 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
Decision Case ID 202453230 Decision type Investigation Landlord London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Landlord type Local Authority / ALMO or TMO Occupancy Secure Tenancy Date 15 October 2025 Background The property is a […]
Case 202453230 · 15 Oct 2025
Southern Housing (202446502) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of water leaks into the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has also taken the decision to investigate the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
Case 202446502 · 15 Oct 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202323072 Decision type Investigation Landlord Progress Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 14 October 2025 Background The resident lived at the property at the time of […]
Case 202323072 · 14 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of issues with the immersion heater and hot water temperature at the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202444890 · 13 Oct 2025
Southern Housing (202321426) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
Decision Case ID 202321426 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 13 October 2025 Background The resident lived in the property which was a 3-bedroom house with […]
Case 202321426 · 13 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s: Reports of outstanding repairs at the property. Associated complaint.
Case 202324956 · 10 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
Decision Case ID 202413104 Decision type Investigation Landlord Clarion Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Leaseholder Date 10 October 2025 Background The resident owns the property, a 1-bedroom third floor flat, and […]
Case 202413104 · 10 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A request for the family to be moved to a new property on medical grounds. Reported anti-social behaviour (ASB). Various repairs within the property. Reports of mould in the property.
Case 202340525 · 10 Oct 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of water ingress into her property.
Case 202325286 · 10 Oct 2025
City of Westminster Council (202346824) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A repair to the property’s intercom system. The associated complaint.
Case 202346824 · 9 Oct 2025
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the condition of the property when she moved in.
Case 202321530 · 9 Oct 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to antisocial behaviour (ASB), reports, and the resident’s subsequent request to move property.
Case 202339712 · 9 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord's: Response to the resident’s reports of flooding caused by water leaks at her property. Complaint handling.
Case 202424785 · 8 Oct 2025
Aster Group Limited (202341575) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s approach to moving the resident to alternative accommodation after reports of damp and mould at the property.
Case 202341575 · 7 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Leaks in the property and the associated repairs. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202324724 · 7 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the bedroom ceiling and the property’s roof. We have also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint as part of the assessment.
Case 202425889 · 7 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of a leak causing damp at the property. Complaint handling.
Case 202428352 · 3 Oct 2025
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.
Case 202343326 · 2 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould in the resident’s temporary property. The complaint.
Case 202417670 · 2 Oct 2025
Southern Housing (202415515) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs at the property. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202415515 · 2 Oct 2025
Abri Group Limited (202424721) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns about the structural safety of the property, subsequent repairs and her temporary move. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202424721 · 1 Oct 2025
Aster Group Limited (202419335) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the condition of the property at the time of the resident’s mutual exchange and the subsequent repairs.
Case 202419335 · 1 Oct 2025
Aster Group Limited (202430598) No Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of a drainage issue at the property. Repairs to the roof.
Case 202430598 · 1 Oct 2025
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about: The information the landlord provided about the resident’s tenancy. The suitability of the property the landlord offered to the resident.
Case 202430972 · 1 Oct 2025
Leeds City Council (202332540) Maladministration
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of repairs at her main property, in particular: Plasterwork. Electrical issues. Mould treatment works. Kitchen repairs. Move to her temporary property. Reports of repairs at her temporary property.
Case 202332540 · 1 Oct 2025
Stonewater Limited (202340286) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of bed bugs within her flat and in the communal areas of the property The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling
Case 202340286 · 1 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould repairs at the property. We have also looked at the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
Case 202500927 · 1 Oct 2025
Torus62 Limited (202449305) Maladministration
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of rodents in and around the property.
Case 202449305 · 1 Oct 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's reports of a pest infestation in her property. This report has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202502900 · 30 Sep 2025
Abri Group Limited (202332172) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of repairs following a leak at the property.
Case 202332172 · 30 Sep 2025
Abri Group Limited (202449534) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of damp in a bedroom and the associated repairs. Reports of water pooling at the front of the property and the associated repairs. Associated complaint.
Case 202449534 · 30 Sep 2025
Complaint: Responsive repairs/activity
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of living in a cold property.
Case 202401674 · 30 Sep 2025
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.
Case 202501861 · 30 Sep 2025
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A gas safety check and its contractor’s conduct. The resident’s requests for a replacement fence, designated car parking space, and a bin store at the front of his property. Staff conduct. We …
Case 202347689 · 30 Sep 2025
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to investigate and address the cause of a soot-like substance throughout the property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202443190 · 30 Sep 2025
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports relating to an intruder gaining access into her property. Complaint.
Case 202449137 · 30 Sep 2025