London Borough of Hackney (202227824)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of a defective kitchen window. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Source · Ombudsman casework
Housing Ombudsman Decisions
18,103 total decisions
13,253 maladministration found
2,407 no maladministration
167 severe cases
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.
Decisions
London Borough of Ealing (202210459)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s report of a leak at his property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Ealing (202128445)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould at the resident’s property. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Hounslow (202119661)
REPORT COMPLAINT 202119661 London Borough of Hounslow 10 January 2024 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 […]
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202207520)
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: External window cleaning and the associated service charges. The resident's concerns about the fire alarm system and procedure. The resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Enfield (202200374)
The complaint is about: The landlord's response to the residents reports of a leak in the bathroom and its handling of the associated repairs. How the landlord dealt with repairs to the internal kitchen fire door. The landlord's response to outstanding repairs to the front door. The landlord’s handling of …
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202127252)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s application to succeed to her mother’s tenancy. Complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202223386)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould in the property. Repairs to the bathroom ceiling following a collapse. The resident’s complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202226260)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of: Anti-social behaviour (ASB) by his upstairs neighbour. Flooding caused by the upstairs neighbour. Repairs caused by the flood and related damp and mould. The landlord’s complaints handling has also been investigated.
Haringey London Borough Council (202123490)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of ASB between May 2022 and August 2022. Response to the resident’s reports of noise nuisance from the property above. Complaint handling.
London Borough of Hackney (202202843)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports that she was experiencing noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour (ASB) from her upstairs neighbour. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s transfer request. The landlord’s complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202120966)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the building following a burglary. The resident’s request for it to provide CCTV footage to the police. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202308223)
The complaint is about the landlord's handling of: The resident's reports of a toilet leak, and the subsequent damage to the kitchen. The resident's reports of damp and mould and the associated repairs. The resident's complaint and request for compensation.
London Borough of Havering Council (202216067)
The complaint is about the landlords’ handling of: repairs to the guttering, and internal remedial works and damage to the resident’s belongings. The Ombudsman has also considered the associated complaint handling.
London Borough of Sutton (202204166)
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns about the property’s condition on letting. Complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202121266)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB). The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Hackney (202301936)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the repair of leaks from the property above the resident. Handling of the repair of the resident’s bathroom and hallway ceilings damaged by the leaks.
London Borough of Hackney (202215973)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of repairs. complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202200638)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request to be moved on medical grounds. Reports of antisocial behaviour. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202205311)
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of the resident’s service charge queries about communal car parking, the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Lambeth (202125494)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of floods and concerns about drainage. The resident’s concerns about electrical faults. The resident’s complaints.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202206884)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to fix a leaking roof. Complaints handling. Knowledge and information management.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202115891)
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s report of a flood; Handling of a related decant; Handling of heating issues in the resident’s temporary accommodation; Handling of the resident’s rehousing requests from October 2021; Response to the resident’s vulnerabilities, health, and welfare concerns; Complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202121703)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s report of antisocial behaviour (ASB) in October 2021. The Ombudsman has also considered: Record keeping. Complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202228697)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damaged windows. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202123994)
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and noise. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Redbridge (202208497)
The landlord’s handling of: Reports of a leak coming from the property above, damp and mould in the property. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Ealing (202117829)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: A roof leak and the associated repair works. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202207096)
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of leaks into his property and resultant damage. A decant application. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (202013480)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of repairs and information the landlord provided from the start of the tenancy. The associated complaint.
London Borough of Croydon (202216848)
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of proposed actions from multi agency meeting to address reported antisocial behaviour. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202209500)
This is about how the landlord handled: A repair required to the property soil stack. The resident’s reports about the landlord’s contractor. The resident’s reports about the cleaning contractor. The associated complaint. Record keeping.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202217925)
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of a water leak and subsequent repairs. Complaints handling.
London Borough of Ealing (202229501)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a water leak into the property and the maintenance of the roof. The landlord’s complaint handling.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202126692)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident's reports of damp and mould at the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaints handling. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s knowledge and information management.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202221044)
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of a leak; Complaint handling; Record keeping.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202224144)
The complaint is about the landlord’s disposal of the resident’s garden furniture.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202210143)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the resident’s bathroom. The associated complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202003750)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of:
London Borough of Hillingdon (202201619)
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of poor workmanship relating to balcony repairs.
London Borough of Enfield (202220213)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s property, including: damp in the bedroom, loose windows, cracks to the outside of the property, and, mice. The Ombudsman has also considered the associated complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202212612)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202213502)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: the resident’s repair to his boiler; and the subsequent complaint.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202220652)
The complaint is about the level of compensation awarded to the resident for the time taken to repair his boiler. The Ombudsman has also considered complaint handling.
Haringey London Borough Council (202202560)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: a request that it provide a service charge refund; the associated complaint.
London Borough of Hackney (202102368)
The complaint is about: The resident’s request for a new bathroom and a new front door. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of mould in her bathroom. The Ombudsman will consider the landlord’s complaint handling.
London Borough of Newham (202115536)
The complaint is about the landlords handling of the residents reports of noise nuisance. This investigation has also considered the landlords complaint management.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202114384)
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for: A window to be installed in her property. A fence to be installed outside her property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of this investigation.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202200632)
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of a radiator leak. the loss of hot water and heating. the associated complaint, including the amount of compensation offered.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202215266)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s boiler.
Decisions by year
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| Decision year | Maladministration | No maladministration | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 60 | 42 | 35 |
| 2021 | 875 | 557 | 544 |
| 2022 | 1,092 | 468 | 400 |
| 2023 | 2,222 | 384 | 269 |
| 2024 | 3,021 | 247 | 272 |
| 2025 | 4,469 | 512 | 708 |
| 2026 | 1,513 | 197 | 215 |
Landlords with most published decisions
Clarion Housing Association Limited
919
London & Quadrant Housing Trust
634
Peabody Trust
597
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q)
488
Sanctuary Housing Association
410
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV)
354
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Clarion Housing Association Limited (919)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (634)
Peabody Trust (597)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (488)
Sanctuary Housing Association (410)
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (354)
Hyde Housing Association Limited (346)
Southern Housing (337)
The Guinness Partnership Limited (329)
Notting Hill Genesis (305)
Southwark Council (301)
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited (269)