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
7
Published determinations
Maladministration rate
86%
Decisions with an adverse finding
Severe maladministration
0
Most serious findings
Compensation ordered
£5,864
Total across decisions
Adverse findings
6
Decisions against
Outcome breakdown
Count of outcomes reached across complaint heads in 7
published decisions.
No maladministration2
Reasonable redress3
Service failure3
Maladministration5
Central Bedfordshire Council's maladministration rate (86%) is higher than the average for local authority / almo / tmo (71%) across published Ombudsman determinations.
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of a window repair (delayed 165 working days beyond its policy timeframe) and in its handling of reports about flooding (its response was not robust…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's response to a leak and associated repair to a communal corridor ceiling, which it addressed within a reasonable timeframe and in line with policy. It found…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress in the landlord's handling of the resident's damp and mould reports: although its handling would otherwise have amounted to maladministration, it took responsibility, apologised…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's response to the resident's complaint about heating and hot water, because poor records meant it did not demonstrate it had fully considered the complaint or provided…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's response to a leak causing damp and mould, including record-keeping failures and an insufficient compensation offer despite a 5-month decant, plus a service…
The landlord was found to have maladministration for failing to properly handle the resident's reports of anti-social behaviour from a neighbour, including poor record-keeping, failing to follow its ASB policy, not…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress by the landlord regarding its handling of the resident's request to succeed to the tenancy. The landlord correctly advised there was no right to succeed and reasonably declined a…
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