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Landlord

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Council (or a company running council homes)Data as of 16 October 2026Latest ruling 13 November 2025

Name shown exactly as the Ombudsman publishes it. If this landlord has merged or changed its name, older rulings may be listed under a former name.

Key figures

Rulings published
19
March 2021 to November 2025
Maladministration found
68%
13 of 19 rulings: severe maladministration, maladministration or partial maladministration
Severe maladministration
0
rulings with this overall outcome. The Ombudsman’s 2025-26 report counts 0 severe maladministration findings (it counts findings, not rulings).

All landlords: maladministration found in 73% of rulings (13,428 of 18,334). Based on fewer than 30 rulings, so one new ruling can move the percentage by several points.

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What the Ombudsman decided

Rulings by outcome
OutcomeRulingsShare
Maladministration632%
Partial maladministration737%
No maladministration211%
Outside jurisdiction421%

“Maladministration found” on this site means the first three outcomes: severe maladministration, maladministration or partial maladministration. What these words mean.

Orders or recommendations

Number of rulings with each tag. The Ombudsman’s archive uses one tag for both orders and recommendations, and one ruling can have several. Where the outcome was reasonable redress or no maladministration, they are recommendations.

Rulings by order or recommendation tag
TagRulings
Compensation13
Apology8
Take Specific Action (non-repair)6
Other3
Policy Review3
Case Review2
Repairs2
Staff Training1

What each tag means

What the complaints were about

Rulings by category, with the number where maladministration was found
CategoryRulingsMaladministration foundBar chart
Managing Relations1210
Repairs (includes damp and mould)96
ASB/Abuse/Nuisance44
Estate Management33
Financial22
Health and Safety (inc. building safety)21
Moving/Buying/Selling Home11
Occupancy Rights11

A ruling can have more than one category tag. 2 rulings have no category tag in the Ombudsman’s archive.

Rulings by year

Rulings by year, with the number where maladministration was found
YearRulingsMaladministration foundBar chart
202111
202263
202343
202454
202532

Calendar years, by the date printed on each ruling.

Size and complaint rates

Why the home counts differ: the Ombudsman counts homes owned or managed under its jurisdiction, including leasehold homes. The Regulator counts social homes owned.

Housing Ombudsman, 2025-26

Figures from the Ombudsman’s 2025-26 report on this landlord.

1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. Counted by finding, not by ruling.

11,646 homes owned or managed under the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction, 31 March 2026

These per-1,000 figures are the Ombudsman’s own, for 2025-26. “Cases” counts all the cases the Ombudsman dealt with about this landlord, not only the determinations below.

Determinations (cases decided)
4
Findings
10
Maladministration findings
10
Maladministration rate (share of findings)
100%
Severe maladministration findings
0
Compensation ordered
£2,550

The Ombudsman’s 2025-26 report on this landlord (PDF)

Regulator of Social Housing, 2024/25

Tenant Satisfaction Measures, year to 31 March 2025.

11,412 homes owned social rent and shared ownership, 31 March 2025

Stage 1 answered on time
82.3%
Stage 2 answered on time
45.5%

“On time” means within the Complaint Handling Code timescales. Medians from the Regulator’s 2024/25 headline report. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Name in the Regulator’s data: East Riding Of Yorkshire Council.

The landlord’s own satisfaction results page (may now show 2025/26 figures)

Latest rulings

See and filter all 19

The 10 most recent of 19 published rulings. Each links to the full ruling on the Ombudsman’s website.

  1. 13 November 2025Case 202402816 · Secure Tenancy
    Outside jurisdiction
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s involvement with its tenant panels.”

  2. 31 October 2025Case 202447441 · Secure Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and associated repairs. We have also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.”

    Managing Relations

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Repairs

  3. 25 July 2025Case 202413545 · Secure Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s reports of damp and mould in her property. The associated complaint.”

    Managing RelationsRepairs (includes damp and mould)

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation

  4. 25 November 2024Case 202320791 · Secure Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling) (shortened)

    “This complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s: Request for a transfer to another property in the block when it became available. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) by a neighbour. This investigation has also considered the landlord’s…”

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Take Specific Action (non-repair)

  5. 21 November 2024Case 202308393 · Secure Tenancy
    Outside jurisdiction
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about fire doors.”

    Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
  6. 31 July 2024Case 202326458 · Secure Tenancy
    Partial maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s: Calculation of the disturbance allowance. Communication about the disturbance allowance. The associated complaint.”

    Financial

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation

  7. 26 June 2024Case 202320710 · Secure Tenancy
    Partial maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling) (shortened)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports concerning: Antisocial behaviour (ASB) by a neighbour. Damp and mould. The standard of communal cleaning. Leaking gutters. The Maintenance of trees and pigeons. The Service has also…”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceEstate ManagementManaging RelationsRepairs (includes damp and mould)

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Policy Review, Repairs, Take Specific Action (non-repair)

  8. 22 January 2024Case 202207866 · Secure Tenancy
    Partial maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling) (shortened)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Repairs to the resident’s property. Reports of noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour (ASB). Reports around its staffs conduct. The suitability of the resident’s property. The Ombudsman has also…”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceManaging RelationsRepairs (includes damp and mould)

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Other

  9. 22 August 2023Case 202211160 · Secure Tenancy
    Partial maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of anti social behaviour. The landlord’s decision to place the resident in a particular band under its allocations policy. The landlord’s handling of the complaint.”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceManaging RelationsMoving/Buying/Selling Home

    Orders or recommendations: Compensation, Policy Review

  10. 4 August 2023Case 202208441 · Secure Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) from a neighbour, and of the neighbour’s counter-allegations of ASB against the resident. The landlord’s complaint handling.”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceManaging Relations

    Orders or recommendations: Case Review, Compensation, Staff Training, Take Specific Action (non-repair)

What you can do next

  1. Report the problem to your landlord. Keep photos and dates.
  2. Not fixed? See how to make a complaint, step by step.
  3. Unhappy with your landlord’s final answer? Contact the Housing Ombudsman free on 0300 111 3000 or info@housing-ombudsman.org.uk.
  4. Free advice: Shelter: damp and mould in social housing · Citizens Advice: repairs if you rent from a council or housing association.

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