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
16
Published determinations
Maladministration rate
69%
Decisions with an adverse finding
Severe maladministration
2
Most serious findings
Compensation ordered
£11,139
Total across decisions
Adverse findings
11
Decisions against
Outcome breakdown
Count of outcomes reached across complaint heads in 16
published decisions.
No maladministration5
Reasonable redress3
Service failure8
Maladministration7
Severe maladministration2
Mediation / settlement1
Outside jurisdiction2
Charnwood Borough Council's maladministration rate (69%) is broadly in line with the average for local authority / almo / tmo (71%) across published Ombudsman determinations.
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of damp and mould, the move to temporary accommodation, and the request for an asbestos survey, but no maladministration in its complaint handling. The…
The complaint concerned the landlord's response to the resident's reports of external drains flooding the front and back garden with standing sewage water and causing damp. Following the Ombudsman's intervention, the…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's response to the resident's repair reports (insulation, windows and soffits), citing significant delays, poor communication and unnecessary visits, and ordered…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's response to the resident's reports of damp in the bathroom and kitchen (delays and poor communication) and in its complaint handling. It found service failure in…
The resident complained about the amount of compensation the landlord offered after a kitchen replacement was completed 5 weeks later than planned, disrupting a family of five. The Ombudsman found the landlord's offers…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's reports of damp and mould at the property. Despite surveying the property in April 2024 and identifying damp and mould, the landlord…
The Ombudsman found severe maladministration in the landlord's handling of a sewage leak at the property, and maladministration in its complaint handling, ordering an executive-level apology, £2,400 compensation, and a…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's response to the resident's requests for the property's repair records, ordering £100 compensation and an apology.
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress in the landlord's handling of the installation of a new kitchen (delays, poor communication, missed appointments and loss of amenity), because the landlord's remedy formulation was…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of a mould report and associated complaint, due to delays in the complaint process and record-keeping shortcomings. However, there was no maladministration…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's decision to terminate his tenancy due to concerns about antisocial behaviour and damp and mould. The resident had made few ASB…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of ASB reports, including failure to escalate risk levels, delays in action, failure to respond to a hate incident per policy, and a delayed support…
The Ombudsman found severe maladministration in the landlord's handling of repairs to a level access shower. The landlord delayed over three years in replacing the shower despite knowing the resident had a disability…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of repairs following a fire at the property below, including unreasonable delays to floorboard works, ceiling repairs taking over a year, failure to inspect…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration regarding the landlord's handling of the resident's concerns about the property condition at first let, as the landlord inspected, identified and completed repairs within…
The Housing Ombudsman determined that the complaint about the Council's handling of a Right to Buy application and failure to disclose PRC construction of the property is outside its jurisdiction, as it concerns the…
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