29 August 2024
An independent review into repairs and decants ordered by the Housing Ombudsman has provided 31 recommendations for Peabody to improve services.
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1 August 2024
The Housing Ombudsman has launched its latest ‘Call for Evidence’ to inform its next Spotlight report, titled ‘Repairing Trust’, which will explore common issues in housing maintenance.
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23 February 2023
The Housing Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2021-22 has been published, showing an unprecedented increase in complaints and enquiries received.
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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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20 October 2022
We found severe maladministration for Catalyst’s significant failings in handling a complaint from shared owners about cold and draughty rooms and other defects in their new build house. The landlord’s responses did not sufficiently identify what had gone wrong, what action would be taken to remedy the defects or assess to what extent it had met its responsibility.
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18 October 2022
Cases relating to complaints about noise feature in our latest decisions published as part of our regular fortnightly publication. It comes ahead of our next systemic investigation focused on noise complaints to be published later this month, which will make recommendations and share learning across the sector.
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13 October 2022
The Ombudsman made two findings of severe maladminstration for Onward Homes’ failings in handling a resident’s complaint about damp and mould caused by rotten window frames and her request for compensation due to damaged belongings.
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10 October 2022
The Ombudsman has issued a special report on Clarion following concerns about its response to complaints about damp and mould and pest control.
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3 October 2022
Changes to the Housing Ombudsman Scheme took effect from 1 October 2022, making it easier for residents to access our service if they remain unhappy with their landlord’s final response on a complaint.
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