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
14
Published determinations
Maladministration rate
71%
Decisions with an adverse finding
Severe maladministration
1
Most serious findings
Compensation ordered
£2,975
Total across decisions
Adverse findings
10
Decisions against
Outcome breakdown
Count of outcomes reached across complaint heads in 14
published decisions.
No maladministration4
Reasonable redress2
Service failure5
Maladministration6
Severe maladministration1
Outside jurisdiction4
Soha Housing Limited's maladministration rate (71%) is higher than the average for housing association (64%) across published Ombudsman determinations.
The Ombudsman found no maladministration in how the landlord handled the resident's rent account, as no evidence supported an alleged agreement to waive rent during repairs. However, it found maladministration in the…
The Ombudsman found the complaint about the increase in service charges to be outside its jurisdiction (better suited to the First Tier Tribunal). It found no maladministration in the landlord's maintenance of communal…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of the resident's repair request for the toilet. The landlord failed to communicate adequately about the portable toilet delivery, failed to give notice of…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's reports of excessive heat retention, which took over 13 months to investigate and offered no resolution despite significant impact on…
There was service failure in the landlord's response to reports of noise transference from the flat above, and service failure in its complaint handling. The landlord was ordered to apologise and pay £100 compensation.
The Ombudsman determined the complaint was outside its jurisdiction and did not investigate it, because the matters raised (window replacement, door repairs, reasonable adjustments, communication/language, request for…
The Ombudsman found service failure in the landlord's handling of the window installation, the resident's reasonable adjustment requests, and its complaint handling; maladministration in its handling of…
The landlord's handling of its decision to remove a timber conservatory amounted to service failure: while it reasonably relied on the contractor's finding that the structure was beyond economic repair, it did not…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's response to the resident's complaint about its handling of repairs and request for compensation for failed appointments. There was a significant delay in…
The Ombudsman found maladministration in the landlord's handling of the resident's reports of pests (mole hills) and the conduct of its pest control contractor. The landlord failed to respond in a timely manner, failed…
The Ombudsman ruled that a dispute over a resident's claimed legal right of way to drive over communal grass, following the landlord's installation of bollards, was outside its jurisdiction as it concerned legal matters…
The resident complained about monthly charges for Housing Proactive and Independent Living services he does not use. The Ombudsman found no maladministration in the landlord's handling of the imposition of the charges,…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress in the landlord's handling of repairs (its £1,361.60 offer was reasonable), maladministration in its handling of the resident's request for adaptations/reasonable adjustments,…
The Ombudsman found reasonable redress by the landlord regarding its handling of soundproofing works. The landlord acknowledged service failures including failing to provide an asbestos report to the installer and not…
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