15 December 2022
The Housing Ombudsman has used its latest Insight report to share good practice on a variety of cases, including how swift or timely action by landlords can impact complaint outcomes positively.
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14 December 2022
The Housing Ombudsman has written to the London Borough of Islington, stating its intention to carry out a wider investigation into the landlord after its poor handling of damp and mould reports and resulting complaints.
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12 December 2022
The Ombudsman made a severe maladministration finding for Birmingham City Council’s handling of a disrepair claim, with the council failing on multiple occasions to take action when prompted by the resident and the local MP.
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8 December 2022
The Housing Ombudsman’s annual complaints review for 2021-22 shows that property condition remains the biggest area of complaint about social landlords and more action is needed by social housing landlords to improve the quality of homes and service.
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6 December 2022
The Ombudsman made a severe maladministration finding for Orbit Group’s handling of reports of damp and mould, which left a resident and her son in an unsuitable home with a slug infestation.
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1 December 2022
The Ombudsman found severe maladministration for Clarion’s failings in handling a resident’s request to be removed from a tenancy. It had a significant impact on the resident as he was unable to start a new tenancy so did not have a secure home for two years and caused him considerable time and effort in pursuing the issue.
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29 November 2022
The Housing Ombudsman has today written to social landlords about complaints relating to damp and mould asking them to renew their focus on the recommendations in its Spotlight report on the topic published last year.
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22 November 2022
We found severe maladministration for the London Borough of Lambeth’s lengthy delays in repairing a window . It comes as the Ombudsman has written to the landlord expressing his concern at the high level of failure seen in our casework since issuing a special report earlier this year.
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16 November 2022
The Ombudsman, Richard Blakeway, has today written to the Chief Executive of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, following the coroner’s verdict on the Awaab Ishak inquest.
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10 November 2022
The Housing Ombudsman made three findings of severe maladministration for Johnnie Johnson Housing’s significant failings in responding to a resident’s complaint about antisocial behaviour, together with its record keeping and complaint handling.
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