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Consumer redress in the housing market

8 May 2018

We welcomed the government’s consultation on ‘Strengthening consumer redress in the housing market’ and support the proposal to improve consumer access to redress across the housing and property sector.

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Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market

16 January 2018

We responded to the government’s consultation ‘Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market’ which looked at a range of measures to tackle unfair and unreasonable abuses of leasehold.

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New Homes Ombudsman consultation

16 January 2018

We responded to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment (APPGEBE) Inquiry, looking into the potential and detail for a New Homes Ombudsman.

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Mayor’s draft London Housing Strategy consultation

11 December 2017

We have published a response to the Mayor of London’s draft of the London Housing Strategy. It focuses on the specific areas of the draft housing strategy which touches on the Housing Ombudsman’s role. Under […]

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Statement on cross-sector Housing Ombudsman consultation

30 November 2017

We welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement that there will be a consultation on options to improve redress across the housing sector.

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Housing Ombudsman launches consultation on plans for 2018-19

15 November 2017

The Housing Ombudsman has published a consultation paper seeking views and insight from landlords and residents to help inform its plans for 2018-19. The paper provides a review of the year 2017-18 up to the […]

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Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17 published

13 July 2017

The Housing Ombudsman’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2016-17, shows continuous improvement in the service with increased productivity and high levels of customer satisfaction. In 2016-17 we received 15,112 complaints and new enquiries and closed […]

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Memorandum of Understanding with the Regulator of Social Housing signed

21 April 2017

The Housing Ombudsman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Homes and Communities Agency’s Regulator of Social Housing. Setting out how the two bodies work with each other. It sets out how the Ombudsman […]

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Housing Ombudsman Denise Fowler to take on new role

24 February 2017

Denise Fowler will be leaving her role as Housing Ombudsman in June 2017 to join Women’s Pioneer Housing as its new chief executive.

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Housing Ombudsman launches consultation on 2017-18 plans and budget

12 January 2017

The Housing Ombudsman Denise Fowler has published a consultation paper on her proposed plans and budget for 2017-18. It includes the level of subscription fee, plus an update on performance for the current year. The […]

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