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: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: application for a property transfer; request for temporary accommodation due to ongoing antisocial behaviour (ASB); request for a management transfer. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaints handling as …
Case 202101528 · 30 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The condition of the property at the start of the tenancy and the landlord’s handling of the required repairs. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202112456 · 29 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of it being excessively cold in the property. The resident’s complaint.
Case 202106329 · 27 May 2022
Southwark Council (202014304) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of issues of water ingress to the property. The landlord’s complaint handling has also been considered.
Case 202014304 · 27 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s request for her internal doors to be adapted; the resident’s report of an unsafe driveway; the resident’s reports of internal repairs needed to the property; the related complaint.
Case 202106696 · 26 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for the concrete path at the property to be renewed with flagging.
Case 202110311 · 26 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in his property.
Case 202109575 · 26 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns how the landlord responded to the resident’s reports of leaks into the property and how it handled repairs to resolve the issue.
Case 202104441 · 26 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the resident's reports about the condition of her boiler when she moved into her property after a mutual exchange. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202112838 · 26 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the exterior of the property including to the windows, paintwork, front door and bin storage.
Case 202115702 · 25 May 2022
Dover District Council (202119825) No Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for adaptations at his property.
Case 202119825 · 25 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the condition of the property when the resident moved in, following a mutual exchange.
Case 202113474 · 25 May 2022
Southwark Council (202119518) No Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to be transferred. The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202119518 · 25 May 2022
Tower Hamlets Homes (202109442) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about how the landlord handled: Repairs to the valve in the living room radiator. Repositioning the isolation valve for the resident’s heating system. The resident’s concerns relating to cracks in the property’s ceilings. The resident’s concerns relating …
Case 202109442 · 25 May 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of repairs to the communal parts of the block. Reports of repairs to the property. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Request for an allocated parking space.
Case 202115415 · 24 May 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The resident’s complaint is about the following: How the landlord handled the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour from the neighbour above. How the landlord has handled the resident’s requests for security improvements to be made to the property to deter …
Case 202001357 · 23 May 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the residents reports of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) and inadequate sound insulation at his property.
Case 202012635 · 22 May 2022
Sovereign Living Limited (202111761) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the amount the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak entering his property, and the subsequent amount of compensation offered. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202111761 · 22 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak in the storage cupboard at her property and the handling of the repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202103769 · 20 May 2022
Abri Group Limited (202102900) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Complaints Handling categories
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about the suitability of the property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202102900 · 20 May 2022
bpha Limited (202014080) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The leaseholder complains about the landlord’s handling of their reports of the following defects at the property: Front door seal. Gas meter box. Insulation/sound proofing. Internal doors and doorframes. The leaseholder complains about the landlord's overall handling of the formal …
Case 202014080 · 20 May 2022
Hackney Council (202118205) Maladministration
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the resident’s report of a leak from the property above and the subsequent damage caused to her property.
Case 202118205 · 20 May 2022
Wolverhampton City Council (202117510) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns over smells and fumes entering her property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns over security related to a key safe at the property. The landlord’s response to the …
Case 202117510 · 20 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s delay in providing the resident with a move-in date to the property and its communication around this. The complaint is also about the associated handling of the complaint.
Case 202118911 · 19 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of deficient insulation around the property’s extension; The landlord’s handling of upgrades and repairs to the property’s central heating; The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202110368 · 18 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of soundproofing works to the resident’s property.
Case 202005163 · 18 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns around the condition of the property’s rear garden; The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202015350 · 18 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of repairs required to the windows at the property. Response to the resident’s reports of repairs required to the roof at the property. Complaints handling.
Case 202011022 · 17 May 2022
Southwark Council (202104866) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Financial
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the residents’ reports of an electrical fault in the property; the residents’ reports of mould growth in the bathroom; its decision to place the residents on a register for potentially aggressive customers; …
Case 202104866 · 17 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of flooding into her former property, including the amount of compensation the landlord paid to the resident for her damaged possessions.
Case 202113213 · 16 May 2022
Peabody Trust (202103149) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint was about the landlord's handling of repairs to a leak in the property and its complaint handling.
Case 202103149 · 16 May 2022
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of damp and mould at her property. Request to be moved to another property.
Case 202110741 · 16 May 2022
Runnymede Borough Council (202116044) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint concerns how the landlord handled: Repairs to the property’s wetroom. The resident’s reports of damage to fencing. The resident’s request to transfer to another property.
Case 202116044 · 14 May 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of noise transference from her neighbour’s property. The associated complaint.
Case 202104887 · 14 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of damp in his property; the resident’s request to be re-housed; the related complaint.
Case 202017534 · 13 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The level of compensation offered by the landlord for its handling of a water leak into the resident’s property. The landlord’s record keeping and complaint handling.
Case 202117769 · 13 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about a leak in the property. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202121817 · 13 May 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) from her neighbour, including: parking outside her property; noise nuisance; blocking the shared pathway to her garden; her subsequent request for a privacy fence; keeping …
Case 202104914 · 13 May 2022
Torus62 Limited (202102544) Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s reports of mould growth in her property; the related complaint.
Case 202102544 · 13 May 2022
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the residents reports of cigarette smoke from the flat above entering her property.
Case 202110835 · 12 May 2022
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the bathroom extractor fan. Repairs to the back door. Damp and mould in the property.
Case 202121475 · 12 May 2022
Complaint: Information and data management
The complaint is about: The information provided by the landlord about the property and the tenancy type during the tenancy offer process in 2019. The landlord sending the resident details about another tenant during the stage one complaint response. The …
Case 202114535 · 11 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord's response to the resident's reports of banging and dripping noises from the pipework in the property. The associated formal complaint into the matter.
Case 201809019 · 11 May 2022
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about his attempts to purchase the property.
Case 202112444 · 10 May 2022
Home Group Limited (202013927) Partial Maladministration
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs to a vent and the heating system at the resident’s property. The landlord’s complaints handling and its decision to apply compensation awarded during the complaints process to the resident’s rent arrears.
Case 202013927 · 10 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s management organisation’s handling of the resident’s complaint about repairs to the gutters in her property.
Case 202009843 · 10 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision not to replace the door at the property. The landlord’s communication and complaint handling.
Case 202119664 · 10 May 2022
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision not to provide the resident with a designated parking space, following its error in advising that the property came with designated parking. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202122801 · 9 May 2022
Lewisham Council (202103310) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of external works to resolve a damp problem at the resident’s property.
Case 202103310 · 9 May 2022
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint was about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request to sell his shared ownership property on the open market. The landlord’s complaint handling .
Case 202110036 · 6 May 2022