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
30
Published determinations
Maladministration rate
53%
Decisions with an adverse finding
Severe maladministration
1
Most serious findings
Compensation ordered
£9,320
Total across decisions
Adverse findings
16
Decisions against
Outcome breakdown
Count of outcomes reached across complaint heads in 30
published decisions.
No maladministration16
Reasonable redress12
Service failure7
Maladministration14
Severe maladministration1
Livv Housing Group's maladministration rate (53%) is lower than the average for housing association (64%) across published Ombudsman determinations.
The Ombudsman found maladministration in how the landlord dealt with reports about faults with external doors (delays completing repairs after a survey, and incorrect information about its repair responsibilities during…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of repairs due to significant delays (6 of 8 repairs completed between 77 and 149 days, over committed timescales), poor appointment management, failure to…
There was no maladministration in the landlord's response to the resident's request for compensation following a leak from her boiler. The landlord attended the same day, made the leak safe, provided temporary heaters,…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress in the landlord's handling of the resident's concerns about an incorrectly fitted boiler flue, as it responded promptly, conducted a thorough investigation confirming no CO2 risk,…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress in the landlord's handling of a reported rat infestation and associated repairs (including bathroom works), as the landlord acknowledged its failures and delays, apologised,…
The resident complained about the landlord's handling of a 20-minute pre-appointment contact arrangement for repairs and about who attends repair appointments. The Ombudsman found no maladministration on both heads: the…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's concerns about mobility scooter storage and her request for reasonable adjustments, because after she sought help from the local…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's decision to issue a formal written warning to the resident for alleged antisocial behaviour, because it failed to follow its ASB policy and procedure by not…
The complaint concerned the landlord's response to the resident's August 2023 report of damp. The Ombudsman found no maladministration: the landlord inspected promptly (within its Damp Treatment Framework timescales),…
The landlord failed to follow an agreed reasonable adjustment by not calling the resident before staff and a surveyor attended his property. The Ombudsman found the landlord's apology, its £300 compensation offer, and…
The Ombudsman found that the landlord had acknowledged service failings in the delays to subsidence remedial works from October 2022 and in its poor communication with the resident, and that its offer of £1,000…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress in the landlord's handling of communal garden maintenance: the contractor's service fell below the expected level, but the landlord apologised, investigated, took action (including…
Livv Housing Group was found to have maladministration in its handling of outstanding repairs, and service failure in its handling of the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy, pest infestation, staff…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of the resident's requests for repairs to doors and windows (including poor repair records and unclear/outstanding works) and in its handling of the related…
The Ombudsman found maladministration by Livv Housing Group for its handling of a rat infestation at the resident's previous property, including failing to assess the impact on the vulnerable resident, failing to…
The landlord was found to have maladministration for its handling of repairs, taking almost 10 months to complete work due to failures in ordering, scheduling, and communication. However, the landlord's handling of the…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's decision not to investigate a 2019 carpet damage claim, but found maladministration in its handling of the resident's pest infestation (slow, ineffective…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's response to the resident's reports about the condition of her garden, due to unreasonable delays, poor communication, and failure to evidence actions taken.…
The Ombudsman found severe maladministration for the landlord's failure to investigate and resolve a water ingress and damp issue over four years, and for poor record keeping. Maladministration was also found for…
The landlord was found to have maladministration for its handling of the resident's reports about the condition of her communal garden, its response to drainage repairs, its communication, and its record keeping and…
The Ombudsman found maladministration by Livv Housing Group for its handling of repeated bathroom tiling repairs, where tiles kept falling off due to an underlying uneven wall that was not properly diagnosed, causing…
The landlord was found to have a service failure for not offering compensation for poor communication and contractor service when responding to a roof leak report. However, its handling of the associated repairs (taking…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration by Livv Housing Group in its handling of the resident's reports of anti-social behaviour (noise, sub-letting concerns, CCTV use, and rehousing). The landlord had taken reasonable…
The landlord failed to communicate effectively with the resident about pigeons nesting in solar panels over several months, but provided reasonable redress by apologising, offering £100 compensation, arranging…
The Ombudsman found that the landlord made an offer of reasonable redress prior to investigation which resolved the complaint satisfactorily. The landlord had misplaced the leaseholder's initial damp and mould report…
Maladministration for response to rat infestation (unresolved over 3 years, failed HHSRS monitoring and sealing works). No maladministration for flagstones request (reasonable consideration given). Maladministration for…
The landlord was found to have maladministration in its handling of the resident's reports of repairs to the kitchen. It failed to communicate delays, did not repair damaged cupboard doors, did not respond to the…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's reports of smoke pollution from neighbours and resulting repairs, nor in its handling of a mutual exchange application. The landlord…
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's response to reports of anti-social behaviour, its handling of a communal door repair, or its decision not to inform the resident about a change to its lettings…
The Ombudsman found that the landlord made reasonable redress after the resident complained about damage caused by electrical rewiring works. The landlord investigated promptly, offered enhanced decoration vouchers, and…
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