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Housing Ombudsman Decisions

16,595 total decisions 12,049 maladministration found 2,256 no maladministration 164 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.

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20 Oct 2025 No Maladministration The Community Housing Group Limited (202341258) Case 202341258 · Managing Relations Decision Case ID 202341258 Decision type Investigation Landlord The Community Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy … 20 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Thirteen Housing Group Limited (202502875) Case 202502875 · Financial Decision Case ID 202502875 Decision type Investigation Landlord Thirteen Housing Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date … 17 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Ocean Housing Limited (202339274) Case 202339274 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance Decision Case ID 202339274 Decision type Investigation Landlord Ocean Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date … 16 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Home Group Limited (202428480) Case 202428480 · Financial Decision Case ID 202428480 Decision type Investigation Landlord Home Group Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 16 … 16 Oct 2025 No Maladministration London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202341595) Case 202341595 · Managing Relations Decision Case ID 202341595 Decision type Investigation Landlord London & Quadrant Housing Trust Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy … 14 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Progress Housing Association Limited (202323072) Case 202323072 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance Decision Case ID 202323072 Decision type Investigation Landlord Progress Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date … 14 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Square Building Trust Limited (202417742) Case 202417742 · Estate Management Decision Case ID 202417742 Decision type Investigation Landlord Square Building Trust Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date … 10 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Southern Housing (202429762) Case 202429762 · Managing Relations Decision Case ID 202429762 Decision type Investigation Landlord Southern Housing Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Shorthold Tenancy Date 10 … 9 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Believe Housing Limited (202426844) Case 202426844 · Managing Relations Decision Case ID 202426844 Decision type Investigation Landlord Believe Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 8 … 1 Oct 2025 No Maladministration Birmingham City Council (202430972) Case 202430972 · 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 … 12 Aug 2025 No Maladministration London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202421619) Case 202421619 · Managing Relations The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about: Staff conduct, communication, policies, culture and services, management … 28 Jul 2025 No Maladministration Sovereign Network Group (202331273) Case 202331273 · Information and data management The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to amend his tenancy. 27 Jun 2025 No Maladministration Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202320804) Case 202320804 · Financial The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s: Communication regarding rent arrears. Response to her reports about the condition of the … 30 Apr 2025 No Maladministration Newark and Sherwood District Council (202322776) Case 202322776 · Local Authority / ALMO or TMO The complaint is about: The landlord’s choice-based letting portal. The resident’s tenancy start date. Staff conduct. 28 Mar 2025 No Maladministration Clarion Housing Association Limited (202318587) Case 202318587 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the termination of the tenancy, which resulted in rent arrears under the … 25 Mar 2025 No Maladministration Jigsaw Homes Group Limited (202324786) Case 202324786 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of anti-social behaviour. Reports it disclosed unauthorised information to … 24 Mar 2025 No Maladministration Babergh District Council (202314102) Case 202314102 · Local Authority / ALMO or TMO The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to allow the applicant to succeed his late mother’s tenancy. 19 Mar 2025 No Maladministration Bromford Housing Group Limited (202316787) Case 202316787 · Old Complaints Handling categories The complaint is about the landlord's handling of the signing of the tenancy agreement. We have also considered the landlord’s … 6 Feb 2025 No Maladministration Amplius Living (202305793) Case 202305793 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the residents’ request to assign her tenancy to her son. 16 Dec 2024 No Maladministration Clarion Housing Association Limited (202118676) Case 202118676 · Financial The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding: Gas safety checks at the property. Payment of … 28 Nov 2024 No Maladministration Bolton at Home Limited (202321740) Case 202321740 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to have their name removed from a tenancy. The … 20 Nov 2024 No Maladministration Leeds City Council (202304762) Case 202304762 · Financial The complaint is about the landlord’s decision to charge the resident rent for a new tenancy during the period the … 31 Jul 2024 No Maladministration North West Leicestershire District Council (202306960) Case 202306960 · Health and Safety (inc. building safety) This investigation is about: The condition of the resident’s home when he started his tenancy. The landlord’s response to the … 23 Apr 2024 No Maladministration Karbon Homes Limited inc Byker Community Trust (202213965) Case 202213965 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to investigate issues of noise transference at the property. … 18 Mar 2024 No Maladministration Ashford Borough Council (202232468) Case 202232468 · Moving/Buying/Selling Home The complaint is about: The suitability of temporary accommodation offered by the landlord and its management of the resident’s homelessness … 28 Feb 2024 No Maladministration Mid Devon District Council (202207247) Case 202207247 · Financial The complaint is about the landlord’s: Decision to recharge the resident for repairs upon termination of his tenancy. Response to … 12 Feb 2024 No Maladministration Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (202211153) Case 202211153 · Financial The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request to transfer the tenancy into her name. The resident’s … 22 Dec 2023 No Maladministration Bromford Housing Group Limited (202201378) Case 202201378 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about: its handling of her ASB reports. its decision to … 21 Dec 2023 No Maladministration Incommunities Limited (202128086) Case 202128086 · Financial The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns that: She has been overcharged rent. She has been … 10 Nov 2023 No Maladministration Charnwood Borough Council (202215660) Case 202215660 · Old Property Condition migrated-2025 The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s decision to terminate his tenancy due to concerns about antisocial … 6 Sep 2023 No Maladministration Southern Housing Group Limited (202218710) Case 202218710 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to end his joint tenancy and be transferred to … 4 Sep 2023 No Maladministration Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (202217632) Case 202217632 · Occupancy Rights The complaint concerns the resident’s requests for the landlord to: Remove shelving from the property and replace it with a … 29 Aug 2023 No Maladministration Lambeth Council (202112413) Case 202112413 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s succession to his late mother’s tenancy. 20 Jul 2023 No Maladministration Yorkshire Housing Limited (202207417) Case 202207417 · Financial This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a rent payment at the start of the tenancy. 26 Jun 2023 No Maladministration Beyond Housing Limited (202211920) Case 202211920 · Financial The complaint is about: the resident’s reports of being offered an unsuitable property, including the assessment carried out by the … 30 May 2023 No Maladministration Midland Heart Limited (202120766) Case 202120766 · Managing Relations The complaint is about: The resident’s husband being added to the tenancy agreement. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint. 22 May 2023 No Maladministration Torus62 Limited (202207353) Case 202207353 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The landlord’s decision to issue … 27 Apr 2023 No Maladministration The Guinness Partnership Limited (202108495) Case 202108495 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is about the landlord: Failing to advise the resident that he was signing a tenancy agreement. Failing to … 22 Apr 2023 No Maladministration Southwark Council (202128252) Case 202128252 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord's decision to refuse the resident’s request for his daughter to be added to the … 13 Feb 2023 No Maladministration Salix Homes Limited (202214658) Case 202214658 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to allow the resident to continue living in the property upon succeeding … 9 Feb 2023 No Maladministration Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202211526) Case 202211526 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns about a change to its tenancy conditions, specifically related … 18 Jan 2023 No Maladministration Haringey London Borough Council (202127394) Case 202127394 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s application to succeed the tenancy of their late father. 9 Nov 2022 No Maladministration Clarion Housing Association Limited (202108787) Case 202108787 · Moving/Buying/Selling Home The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for succession to the tenancy at the property. 31 Oct 2022 No Maladministration London Borough of Hackney (202114496) Case 202114496 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to succeed the tenancy of the property. 21 Oct 2022 No Maladministration South Derbyshire District Council (202012512) Case 202012512 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) by a neighbour. The landlord’s … 20 Sep 2022 No Maladministration Vivid Housing Limited (202127008) Case 202127008 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to succeed to his late parents’ tenancy. 10 Aug 2022 No Maladministration Shepherds Bush Housing Association Limited (202107472) Case 202107472 · Occupancy Rights The complaint is about the landlord’s: Decision not to add the resident’s two children as members of the household on … 11 May 2022 No Maladministration Clarion Housing Association Limited (202114535) Case 202114535 · Information and data management The complaint is about: The information provided by the landlord about the property and the tenancy type during the tenancy … 24 Feb 2022 No Maladministration One Vision Housing Limited (202015165) Case 202015165 · ASB/Abuse/Nuisance The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: A pest infestation following the death of her … 23 Feb 2022 No Maladministration London & Quadrant Housing Trust (202005112) Case 202005112 · Estate Management The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of: Broken lift and intercom at the property and …