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Ombudsman awards £5,000 to resident after Orbit’s severe maladministration on damp and mould case

6 December 2022

The Ombudsman made a severe maladministration finding for Orbit Group’s handling of reports of damp and mould, which left a resident and her son in an unsuitable home with a slug infestation.

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Severe maladministration for Clarion’s excessive delay in removing resident from tenancy 

1 December 2022

The Ombudsman found severe maladministration for Clarion’s failings in handling a resident’s request to be removed from a tenancy. It had a significant impact on the resident as he was unable to start a new tenancy so did not have a secure home for two years and caused him considerable time and effort in pursuing the issue.  

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Ombudsman writes open letter to social landlords urging renewed focus on damp and mould approach

29 November 2022

The Housing Ombudsman has today written to social landlords about complaints relating to damp and mould asking them to renew their focus on the recommendations in its Spotlight report on the topic published last year.

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Severe maladministration for Lambeth’s lengthy delays on window repairs

22 November 2022

We found severe maladministration for the London Borough of Lambeth’s lengthy delays in repairing a window . It comes as the Ombudsman has written to the landlord expressing his concern at the high level of failure seen in our casework since issuing a special report earlier this year.

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Multiple severe maladministration findings on Johnnie Johnson Housing response and record keeping in anti-social behaviour case

10 November 2022

The Housing Ombudsman made three findings of severe maladministration for Johnnie Johnson Housing’s significant failings in responding to a resident’s complaint about anti-social behaviour, together with its record keeping and complaint handling.

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