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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.

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London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202208378)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202208378 Maladministration Financial

The landlord's response to the resident's queries about service charges. The landlord’s handling of the complaint.

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Norwich City Council (202201741)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202201741 Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property. Complaint handling.

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Nottingham City Homes Limited (202228693)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202228693 Reasonable Redress Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damage to her kitchen cupboards.

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Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) (202127928)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202127928 Partial Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Reports of poor staff conduct. The complaint.

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Peabody Trust (202232175)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202232175 Partial Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about a leak from a leaseholder property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould. The landlord’s complaint handling.

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Reading Borough Council (202224195)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202224195 Maladministration Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord's response to reports of a protruding gas pipe.

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Tower Hamlets Community Housing (202224268)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202224268 No Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about fly tipping and waste management on the estate where he lived.

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Walsall Housing Group Limited (202205983)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202205983 No Maladministration Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of issues with the water supply. Remedial works following excavation of the resident’s yard.

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Westminster City Council (202125781)

23 Feb 2024 Case 202125781 Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about:

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Aster Group Limited (202230053)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202230053 Partial Maladministration Moving/Buying/Selling Home

The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to assign his tenancy via a mutual exchange.

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Bernicia Group (202219357)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202219357 Partial Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Concerns about the suitability of the allocated property; Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and noise nuisance; Concerns about the conduct of the housing director; Concerns about the condition of the windows; Request for a move; Request for compensation, including reimbursement …

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Exeter City Council (202214034)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202214034 Maladministration Moving/Buying/Selling Home

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Leaks, damp, and mould at the resident’s property. Internal and external repairs at the resident’s property. The resident’s decant from her property.

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Lambeth Council (202220999)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202220999 Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlords handing of leaks into the residents property and the resulting damage. The landlords handling of the residents complaint including the compensation offered.

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Lambeth Council (202222640)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202222640 Maladministration Financial

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Queries about her service charges. Formal complaint.

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Leeds City Council (202209319)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202209319 Maladministration Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports regarding water leaking from a window and resulting damage at her property.

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London Borough of Hackney (202226213)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202226213 Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of outstanding repairs to the resident’s property, including the level of compensation offered. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s handling of the complaint.

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Origin Housing Limited (202128464)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202128464 Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) from a neighbouring property. Associated formal complaint.

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Peabody Trust (202128489)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202128489 Maladministration Information and data management

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of a leak. Reports of damp and mould following the leak. Formal complaint. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s knowledge and information management.

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Richmond Housing Partnership Limited (202127228)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202127228 Maladministration Managing Relations

This complaint is about the landlord’s: Delays resolving repairs reported by the resident, and the level of compensation it offered her in response to them. Complaint Handling.

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Southern Housing Group Limited (202218086)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202218086 Partial Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour (ASB) from a neighbouring property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.

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Tower Hamlets Community Housing (202215996)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202215996 Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to a leak into the resident’s bathroom. Complaint handling.

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Walsall Housing Group Limited (202219666)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202219666 Partial Maladministration Estate Management

The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of a dispute over the rear garden. The landlord’s handling of issues relating to a parking space. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.

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Wealden District Council (202216732)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202216732 Maladministration Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a repair to the resident’s heat pump.

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West Kent Housing Association (202222048)

22 Feb 2024 Case 202222048 No Maladministration Financial

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns regarding notice of cyclical works to her building, and related charges.

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Believe Housing Limited (202208091)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202208091 Maladministration Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handing of majors works. Response to damage to her closed-circuit television (CCTV).

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Bromford Housing Group Limited (202210426)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202210426 Maladministration Estate Management

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s concerns about rising heating costs due to poor insulation in the property. Response to the resident’s reports of noise and smells coming from the binstores. Response to the resident's request to be rehoused. Handling of the resident’s complaints. This report …

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London Borough of Barnet (202215988)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202215988 Maladministration Occupancy Rights

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the ending of the resident’s tenancy.

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London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202219957)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202219957 Reasonable Redress Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the property’s heating and hot water. Complaint handling.

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London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202229881)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202229881 Severe Maladministration Old Complaints Handling categories

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of uneven floors. Reports of repairs to the shower room and hallway. Reports of damp and mould. Complaints.

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London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202314354)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202314354 Reasonable Redress Health and Safety (inc. building safety)

The complaint is about the landlord letting a property to the resident without a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm.

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Sovereign Housing Association Limited (202217063)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202217063 Partial Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for replacement windows. Concerns about the affordability of the property. Request for the storage heaters and aerial sockets to be relocated. Concerns about access to the water meter. Associated formal complaint.

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Torus62 Limited (202222258)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202222258 No Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for installation of CCTV in relation to Anti-social behaviour (ASB).

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Tower Hamlets Homes (202214609)

21 Feb 2024 Case 202214609 Reasonable Redress Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of leaks into his property in 2022.

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Haringey London Borough Council (202229540)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202229540 Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for window repairs. Request for ceiling repairs. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.

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Home Group Limited (202229518)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202229518 Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB), including safeguarding concerns; request for rehousing. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.

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London Borough of Newham (202217014)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202217014 Severe Maladministration Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to a leak, remedial repairs, and damage caused by the leak.

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London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202217010)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202217010 Partial Maladministration Information and data management

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Decisions regarding the disposal of the property. Handling of the resident’s request for rehousing. Complaint handling. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.

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Midland Heart Limited (202220906)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202220906 Outside Jurisdiction Old Property Condition migrated-2025

The complaint is about the landlord's handling of reports of damp and mould.

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Optivo (now Southern Housing) (202229428)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202229428 Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Complaint handling. The Housing Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.

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South Kesteven District Council (202127106)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202127106 Maladministration Local Authority / ALMO or TMO

The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould. Provision of keys for the windows in the property. Complaint handling.

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Sovereign Network Homes (202209641)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202209641 Partial Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about: The landlord’s letting of the empty flat above the resident. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour (ASB) from her upstairs neighbour. The landlord’s response to the resident’s statement that she was discriminated against on the grounds of ethnicity and …

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Sovereign Network Homes (202220542)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202220542 Maladministration Managing Relations

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the kitchen. The Ombudsman has also investigated the landlord’s complaint handling.

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Wandle Housing Association Limited (202225953)

20 Feb 2024 Case 202225953 Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of fly tipping.

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City of York Council (202205355)

19 Feb 2024 Case 202205355 Partial Maladministration Local Authority / ALMO or TMO

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s : Insurance claim; Subject access request (SAR); Reports of damp, mould and associated outstanding repairs; Complaint.

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Clarion Housing Association Limited (202126890)

19 Feb 2024 Case 202126890 Partial Maladministration Financial

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: contents insurance account. complaint.

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Exeter City Council (202213098)

19 Feb 2024 Case 202213098 Partial Maladministration Managing Relations

REPORT COMPLAINT 202213098 Exeter City Council 19 February 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. […]

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Haringey London Borough Council (202214875)

19 Feb 2024 Case 202214875 Partial Maladministration Estate Management

The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns over the internal communal cleaning. The resident’s request to prune the trees at the property. The resident’s request for the front communal door to be replaced. The repairs to the exterior wall vent. The one-off arrangement to maintain the front …

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Leeds City Council (202217967)

19 Feb 2024 Case 202217967 Partial Maladministration ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

The complaint is regarding the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s concerns about the maintenance of communal and grassy areas in and around his block. Response to your reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB).

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London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) (202202317)

19 Feb 2024 Case 202202317 Partial Maladministration Managing Relations

REPORT COMPLAINT 202202317 London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) 19 February 2024 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances […]

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Decision yearMaladministrationNo maladministrationOther
2019100
2020604235
2021875557544
20221,092468400
20232,222384269
20243,021247272
20254,469512708
20261,513197215

Maladministration includes partial and severe maladministration. Values are counts of published decisions.

Landlords with most published decisions

Decision counts
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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