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Landlords with high maladministration rates 2023-24

More than 50,000 homes

Landlord % Maladministration rate # Determinations (excl. OSJ/withdrawn) Findings
Birmingham City Council 86% 72 168
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) 77% 289 731
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) 77% 139 330
Places for People Homes Limited 84% 47 114
Southern Housing Group Limited 79% 165 395
Southwark Council 82% 62 138
Sovereign Network Homes 78% 91 204

The maladministration rate is the number of findings of severe maladministration, maladministration and service failure, expressed as a percentage of the total number of findings (excluding findings of ‘outside jurisdiction (OSJ)’ and ‘withdrawn’).

10,000 to 49,999 homes

Landlord % Maladministration rate # Determinations (excl. OSJ/withdrawn) Findings
A2Dominion Housing Group Limited 80% 76 169
Bolton at Home Limited 78% 11 18
Brighton and Hove City Council 83% 9 18
Camden Council 83% 57 150
City of Doncaster Council 75% 3 8
Cornwall Housing Limited 80% 11 30
Dacorum Borough Council 100% 3 7
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 77% 8 22
East Riding of Yorkshire Council 88% 7 17
Eastlight Community Homes Limited 91% 4 11
ForHousing Limited 81% 18 48
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 78% 4 9
Grand Union Housing Group Limited 75% 6 12
Great Places Housing Group Limited 76% 22 50
GreenSquareAccord Limited 79% 39 100
Hammersmith and Fulham Council 84% 57 128
Haringey London Borough Council 84% 58 147
Harlow District Council 76% 13 21
Havering Council 78% 12 36
Hyde Housing Association Limited 83% 106 274
Islington Council 82% 64 192
Kingston upon Hull City Council 86% 3 7
Kirklees Council 75% 4 8
Lambeth Council 89% 96 225
Lewisham Council 83% 36 83
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 86% 21 50
London Borough of Croydon 81% 15 37
London Borough of Ealing 89% 27 63
London Borough of Enfield 89% 17 45
London Borough of Hackney 83% 63 149
London Borough of Newham 87% 30 77
Magenta Living 91% 6 11
Milton Keynes City Council 92% 6 13
Norwich City Council 84% 14 31
Ongo Homes Limited 82% 8 17
Orbit Group Limited 76% 57 141
Paragon Asra Housing Limited 80% 46 124
Poplar Housing And Regeneration Community Association Limited 78% 4 9
Portsmouth City Council 80% 3 5
Reliance Social Housing C.I.C 100% 2 10
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited 75% 7 12
Royal Borough Of Greenwich 85% 28 61
Sage Housing Limited (SHL) 90% 8 21
Sheffield City Council 90% 7 19
Southampton City Council 77% 8 17
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 77% 7 13
Swindon Borough Council 86% 6 14
Waltham Forest Council 83% 25 65
Westminster City Council 79% 42 97
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 80% 7 15

The maladministration rate is the number of findings of severe maladministration, maladministration and service failure, expressed as a percentage of the total number of findings (excluding findings of ‘outside jurisdiction (OSJ)’ and ‘withdrawn’).

1,000 to 9,999 homes

Landlord % Maladministration rate # Determinations (excl. OSJ/withdrawn) Findings
Adur District Council 100% 3 7
Arun District Council 83% 2 6
Babergh District Council 75% 4 8
Brighter Places 91% 3 11
Cambridge City Council 86% 3 7
Canterbury City Council 77% 4 17
Charnwood Borough Council 75% 5 8
Chesterfield Borough Council 83% 2 6
Christian Action (Enfield) Housing Association Limited 86% 3 7
City of York Council 88% 3 8
Cobalt Housing Limited 86% 4 7
Crawley Borough Council 86% 1 7
Croydon Churches Housing Association Limited 100% 4 7
Darlington Borough Council 80% 2 5
East Devon District Council 89% 8 18
East End Homes Limited 77% 5 13
Epping Forest District Council 93% 6 15
Estuary Housing Association Limited 79% 11 24
Exeter City Council 80% 2 5
Freebridge Community Housing Limited 78% 4 9
Gateway Housing Association Limited 94% 7 16
Hastoe Housing Association Limited 100% 2 7
Hexagon Housing Association Limited 89% 11 26
Hightown Housing Association Limited 85% 6 13
Ipswich Borough Council 82% 4 11
‘Johnnie’ Johnson Housing Trust Limited 80% 6 10
Karibu Community Homes Limited 88% 5 16
Kingston upon Thames Council 78% 5 18
Lancaster City Council 100% 2 6
Lincoln City Council 100% 2 5
London Borough of Brent 92% 16 39
London Borough of Harrow 93% 7 15
London Borough of Redbridge 90% 11 30
London Borough of Sutton 100% 2 5
Magna Housing Limited 100% 6 13
Mansfield District Council 82% 4 11
Medway Council 83% 2 6
North Northamptonshire Council 100% 2 7
North Yorkshire Council 80% 2 5
NSAH (Alliance Homes) Limited 80% 4 5
Reading Borough Council 100% 3 6
Richmond Housing Partnership Limited 88% 16 43
Rooftop Housing Association Limited 83% 4 12
Saffron Housing Trust Limited 80% 5 10
Salix Homes Limited 83% 3 6
Shepherds Bush Housing Association Limited 79% 20 58
Silva Homes Limited 90% 6 10
South Cambridgeshire District Council 100% 2 5
South Kesteven District Council 77% 7 22
Southway Housing Trust (Manchester) Limited 83% 5 18
St Mungo Community Housing Association 88% 3 8
The Community Housing Group Limited 90% 5 10
The Industrial Dwellings Society (1885) Limited 86% 4 7
Tower Hamlets Community Housing 79% 6 14
Trident Housing Association Limited 80% 2 5
Wandle Housing Association Limited 82% 40 89
Warrington Housing Association Limited 100% 2 7
Watford Community Housing Trust 91% 8 23
Waverley Borough Council 77% 8 17
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 86% 8 21
Westward Housing Group Limited 90% 4 10

The maladministration rate is the number of findings of severe maladministration, maladministration and service failure, expressed as a percentage of the total number of findings (excluding findings of ‘outside jurisdiction (OSJ)’ and ‘withdrawn’).

100 to 999 homes

Landlord % Maladministration rate # Determinations (excl. OSJ/withdrawn) Findings
Arhag Housing Association Limited 89% 3 9
Deptford Housing Co-operative Limited 100% 2 5
Fairhazel Co-operative Limited 100% 2 6
Housing For Women 93% 5 15
Sapphire Independent Housing Limited 80% 1 5
Spitalfields Housing Association Limited 83% 4 12
Twenty11 Homes Ltd 80% 2 5

The maladministration rate is the number of findings of severe maladministration, maladministration and service failure, expressed as a percentage of the total number of findings (excluding findings of ‘outside jurisdiction (OSJ)’ and ‘withdrawn’).

Less than 100 homes

Landlord % Maladministration rate # Determinations (excl. OSJ/withdrawn)  Findings
St Andrew Housing Co-operative Limited 83% 2 6

The maladministration rate is the number of findings of severe maladministration, maladministration and service failure, expressed as a percentage of the total number of findings (excluding findings of ‘outside jurisdiction (OSJ)’ and ‘withdrawn’).