Thank you for your continued patience while we investigate the third-party IT security incident that has impacted our case management system.

We will begin our recovery work shortly to get our case management system back online. Our approach will be cautious, controlled, and continuously reviewed. Our cyber security experts will continue to test our systems during this time to ensure the system is fully safe and secure.

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Decisions

We publish decisions as part of our commitment to being open and transparent.

Decision reports do not include residents’ names, but we name landlords. They date from December 2020, and we publish them 3 months after the final decision date.

In some cases, we will not publish a decision if it is not in the resident’s or landlord’s interest. Or if we will compromise the resident’s anonymity. You can read more in our guidance on decisions.

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Lewisham Council (201913042)

The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of attempts to access the resident’s property to resolve an issue with the fire panel, and its response to his subsequent formal complaint.

Optivo (202007672)

The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of knotweed in her garden. The condition of the kitchen when the resident moved into the property, and the landlord’s response to the resident’s request to renew it. The landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s kitchen. The landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s front door and toilet. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for repairs to her windows.

Orbit Group Limited (201908846)

The complaint is about: The landlord’s contractors not making appointments prior to attending the property to complete repairs. The level of rent and service charges. The landlord’s response to the resident’s complaint about the conduct of an officer during a visit to his home. The information provided by the landlord in relation to service charges.

Haringey Council (202009073)

The complaint is regarding: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of a mouse infestation in her property. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB). The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of overcrowding and her request to move properties.

Islington Council (201912304)

The complaints are about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) prior to March 2020. Concerns that landlord staff had behaved in a racially motivated manner. Reports of ASB from March 2020 onwards. Formal complaint.

Southwark Council (202003378)

The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of the repairs required to her bathroom.