Housing Ombudsman appoints new Advisory Board
22 September 2021
The Housing Ombudsman has appointed a new Advisory Board that takes effect from 1 October 2021
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Complaints to the Ombudsman continue to rise
1 September 2021
The Housing Ombudsman’s latest Insight report covering April to June 2021 shows a 21% increase in the volume of enquiries and complaints received compared to the previous quarter.
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Ombudsman’s online casebook shares more learning for the sector
24 August 2021
Our online casebook provides a rich source of learning for the sector as well as demonstrating the difference complaints can make for individual residents.
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Gas safety and repairs feature in latest decisions published
27 July 2021
Issues ranging from gas safety, repairs and anti-social behaviour are among the latest batch of decisions to be published.
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New guidance issued on complaint handling for governing bodies, as quarterly failure orders published
6 July 2021
The Housing Ombudsman issued 23 complaint handling failure orders between April to June 2021, highlighting issues with progressing complaints and meeting the Ombudsman’s standards on complaint handling
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Our online casebook reaches 350 decisions for wider learning across the sector
29 June 2021
We have published details of more than 350 individual decisions since March 2021 when we started publishing reports on all cases investigated.
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Housing Ombudsman’s latest Insight report shows significant increase in complaints
23 June 2021
We have published our latest Insight report covering January to March 2021. It shows a significant increase in the number of enquiries and complaints received compared to the same quarter in 2020, going up by 73%.
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Housing Ombudsman urges social landlords to do more to address residents’ individual circumstances in cladding complaints
18 May 2021
A new report identifies three key lessons for social landlords in dealing with complaints about cladding to ensure that the impact on all residents is recognised
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Housing Ombudsman uses its new power to progress residents’ complaints
11 May 2021
We have published our first report setting out how we have used our new power to issue complaint handling failure orders.
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Housing Ombudsman issues call for evidence on investigation into damp and mould
13 April 2021
We have issued our first call for evidence to support a thematic investigation which will look at damp and mould.
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