Performance summary based on published UK Housing Ombudsman determinations. Figures reflect
only complaints that reached a formal determination and are not a complete measure of service.
Key statistics
Decisions
8
Published determinations
Maladministration rate
75%
Decisions with an adverse finding
Severe maladministration
0
Most serious findings
Compensation ordered
£4,550
Total across decisions
Adverse findings
6
Decisions against
Outcome breakdown
Count of outcomes reached across complaint heads in 8
published decisions.
No maladministration2
Reasonable redress1
Service failure4
Maladministration4
Outside jurisdiction2
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council's maladministration rate (75%) is higher than the average for local authority / almo / tmo (71%) across published Ombudsman determinations.
Maladministration found in the landlord's handling of transferred noise reports (treated as ASB rather than noise) and in complaint handling due to a lengthy stage 1 delay. Fly tipping was outside jurisdiction. Landlord…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of the resident's reports of structural concerns and its complaint handling. The landlord delayed repairs and a structural survey, and its stage 2 response…
The resident complained about the landlord's response to reports of no heating and hot water and to leaks. The Ombudsman found no maladministration on both heads: the landlord restored heating and hot water within the…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's reports of issues with her neighbour, its handling of her queries about the wellbeing charge and changes to nighttime care provision,…
The landlord failed to arrange the promised appointment to inspect the resident's disability adaptations, attended unannounced on multiple occasions without the required notice, and delayed its stage 1 complaint…
The complaint about the landlord's decision to withdraw and reject the resident's Right to Buy application was outside the Ombudsman's jurisdiction (it concerns disposal of local authority land, for the LGSCO). The…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's response to the resident's antisocial behaviour reports, but service failure in its complaint handling. The landlord was ordered to pay £50 for the complaint…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of gas and fire safety checks and maladministration in its complaint handling, ordering £200 additional compensation.
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