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Improving landlords’ services and residents’ lives through housing complaints

News and recent updates

More multilingual videos released to support residents making a complaint

10 March 2026   |   News

These videos are designed to support residents understand our complaints process better.

Ombudsman consults on 2026-27 Business Plan for healthier homes, fairer services, and trusting relationships

5 March 2026   |   News, Press releases

Ombudsman consults on 2026-27 Business Plan as complaint volumes reach record levels

Housing Ombudsman highlights the importance of meaningful apologies in complaint handling

26 February 2026   |   News, Press releases

We have released our latest ‘learning from severe maladministration’ report. The report focuses on apologies in complaint handling.

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Key topics from our casework

Explore the range of information available on the key topics that the Housing Ombudsman sees in our case work.

View the range of key topics

Antisocial Behaviour (ASB)

Find out how to respond to antisocial behaviour and what good practice looks like.

Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) resources (opens in a new tab)

Attitudes, respect, and rights

Strengthen trust and resolve issues earlier by using our guidance, reports, and training resources.

Rights and respect resources (opens in a new tab)

Awaab's Law

Understand Awaab's Law with our helpful resources designed for residents and landlords.

Awaab's Law resources

Complaint handling

Use our resources to confidently apply the Complaint Handling Code and improve how you manage complaints.

Complaint handling resources (opens in a new tab)

Damp and mould

Strengthen your understanding of damp and mould. Use our guidance, reports, and training to support both residents and landlords.

Damp and mould resources (opens in a new tab)

Hazards

Improve your approach to hazards by learning from our casework and using our practical guidance and resources.

Hazards learning resource (opens in a new tab)

Investigation

Use our training, guidance, and reports to understand how we resolve disputes.

Investigation resources

Knowledge and Information Management (KIM)

Access guidance, reports, and training to support effective knowledge and information management.

KIM resources (opens in a new tab)

Leaseholder complaints

Deepen your understanding of how we investigate leaseholder complaints and how we apply our jurisdiction.

Leaseholder complaints

Member Responsible for Complaints (MRC)

Explore the importance of the Member Responsible for Complaints role.

MRC resources (opens in a new tab)

Noise complaints

Understand the challenges of noise complaints and how to manage them fairly and effectively.

Noise complaints resources (opens in a new tab)

Our orders

Understand the types of orders we can make to put things right, from compensation and repairs to apologies and policy reviews.

Our orders resources (opens in a new tab)

Pests

Learn how pest infestations arise, their impact on residents, and what effective responses look like for landlords.

Pest resources (opens in a new tab)

Repairs

Gain insight into the most common repair issues in our casework and learn how to complaints confidently.

Repairs resources

Service charges

Find out how we assess service charge disputes and what landlords should do to manage them fairly and effectively.

Service charge resources

Shared ownership

Understand our approach to shared owner complaints, including how we apply jurisdiction and what good practice looks like.

Shared ownership resources

Temporary moves

Gain insight into how to plan and deliver temporary moves, and what our casework reveals about supporting residents effectively.

Temporary moves resources

Window-related complaints

Learn why window‑related complaints are a concern across the sector and understand our expectations.

Window-related resources