Accent Housing Limited (202006312)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s allegations of non-compliance with policies set out by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), as well as guidance from HouseMark. The process by which the landlord calculated its service charge and its suggestion that the service charge costs are fixed. The alleged introduction of new services without proper tenant consultation. The landlord’s decision to charge residents for the maintenance of communal lights. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.