English Rural Housing Association Limited (202121006)
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The applicant’s application to purchase a shared ownership property. The applicant’s complaint.
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.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The applicant’s application to purchase a shared ownership property. The applicant’s complaint.
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of repairs to the door entry system of the building and its decision to decline the resident’s request for compensation.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The pruning works to trees near the resident’s property. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for a bannister to be installed on her staircase, and the subsequent offer of compensation for this. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about the condition of the patio doors when the resident moved into the property and the amount of compensation offered. The landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the installation of new windows in the resident’s property and subsequent remedial works.
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to allow the resident to continue living in the property upon succeeding the tenancy.
This complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of leaks, damp and mould; Handling of the residents’ vulnerabilities, health and welfare concerns; Response to the resident’s request for a management move; Complaint handling.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about increases to the service charges for the 2021/22 financial year. The landlord’s complaints handling.
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise nuisance from the property above. The landlord’s associated complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: communication about the removal of the camera from the door entry system. complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports that she was allocated the wrong property; handling of the associated complaint.
REPORT COMPLAINT 202107796 Clarion Housing Association Limited 10 February 2023 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 […]
The complaint is about: the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a kitchen renewal. the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
The complaint is about the time the landlord had taken to complete the void works to the resident’s property and the changes to the bathroom which took place after the resident viewed the property. The Ombudsman has also assessed the landlord’s complaint handling in this case.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request that it replace the dividing fence in his garden.
The complaint is about: the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould within her property and subsequent offer of compensation, and; the landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the residents reports of an insecure front door.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of a leak into his property from above, resulting in damage to his bedroom ceiling. Handling of the resident’s reports of a flood on his balcony, resulting in damage to his internal flooring. Complaints handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to reports that the resident did not receive information relating to asbestos within the property at his sign up, and the level of compensation offered by the landlord.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The delays to repair the resident’s front and back doors. The resident’s reports of a faulty boiler and his concerns about carbon monoxide emissions. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s security concerns for the building.
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns about a change to its tenancy conditions, specifically related to age of tenants and visitor restrictions. Concerns about anti-social behaviour.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of remedial works in the resident’s property following a leak from the bath.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of repairs needed to the resident’s kitchen cupboards. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaints handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of arrears on the rent and service charge accounts. Complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's reports about repairs to the garden wall at the property.
The complaint is about; The landlord’s handling of repairs to the guttering. The landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision to include the cost of decontaminating bins within the service charge; The landlord not providing individual bins to residents; and The landlord’s refusal to install CCTV.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s reports of nesting pigeons; complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for her kitchen to be replaced due to damp and disrepair.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s request to remove a tree outside her property; complaints handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (‘ASB’) by his neighbours, including noise and throwing cigarette butts into the resident’s garden.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of its contractors’ behaviour, and the subsequent compensation offered.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: reports of damage to hall carpet caused by a previous repair and the related complaint.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a leak from the balcony above her property, and the resulting damage caused. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s request to be compensated following a total loss of gas to the property. complaints handling. The resident has also raised a complaint regarding the gas supplier’s response to her request for compensation following a total loss of gas supply to …
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s request for an increase in her disturbance payment and reimbursement of decorating costs. The condition of the property when it was let to the resident and outstanding repairs.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of fly- tipping on the estate.
The complaint is about the landlord’s decision not to permit the resident to keep a pet dog in the property.
This complaint is about: The landlord charging the resident rent while repairs were outstanding. The landlord assigning the resident a starter tenancy instead of a secure tenancy. The landlord’s handling of repairs during the void stage prior to the commencement of the resident’s tenancy. The landlord’s subsequent handling of repairs. …
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of scaffolding around his property. Response to the resident’s reports of a leak that affected the communal garden. Handling of the associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of noise nuisance and her request for compensation. The associated complaint.
The complaint is regarding the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about being affected by cooking smells entering her property.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for trees on council owned land to the side of the property to be pruned. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for trees on privately owned land to the rear of the property to be pruned.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports concerning damp and mould in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and fly tipping. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about the standard of cleanliness within communal areas.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s concerns about staff conduct; Response to the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) from her neighbour; This report also considers: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to install closed circuit television (CCTV); The landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s bathroom skirting board, bathroom door, bathroom cupboard flooring, a crack in the kitchen ceiling, a faulty intercom, and bathroom handrail.
| 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 | 3,023 | 247 | 272 |
| 2025 | 4,476 | 513 | 709 |
| 2026 | 1,636 | 211 | 238 |