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East Suffolk Council
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Key figures
- Rulings published
- 4
- October 2022 to March 2025
- Maladministration found
- 2 of 4
- rulings with severe maladministration, maladministration or partial maladministration
- Severe maladministration
- 0
- the Ombudsman’s most serious finding
All landlords: maladministration found in 73% of rulings (13,428 of 18,334). With fewer than 10 rulings we show counts, not a percentage: one new ruling can change the picture a lot.
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What the Ombudsman decided
| Outcome | Rulings |
|---|---|
| Maladministration | 2 |
| Reasonable redress | 2 |
“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.
| Tag | Rulings |
|---|---|
| Compensation | 3 |
| Take Specific Action (non-repair) | 2 |
| Apology | 1 |
| Case Review | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
What the complaints were about
| Category | Rulings | Maladministration found | Bar chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repairs (includes damp and mould) | 3 | 1 |
A ruling can have more than one category tag. 1 ruling has no category tag in the Ombudsman’s archive.
Rulings by year
| Year | Rulings | Maladministration found | Bar chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
Calendar years, by the date printed on each ruling.
Size and complaint rates
No Ombudsman 2025-26 report is published under this name.
Regulator of Social Housing, 2024/25
Tenant Satisfaction Measures, year to 31 March 2025.
4,334 homes owned social rent and shared ownership, 31 March 2025
- Stage 1 answered on time
- 96.2%
- Stage 2 answered on time
- 100%
“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.
The landlord’s own satisfaction results page (may now show 2025/26 figures)
Latest rulings
See and filter all 4The 4 most recent of 4 published rulings. Each links to the full ruling on the Ombudsman’s website.
- 21 March 2025Case 202343843 · Secure TenancyMaladministration
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould.”
Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Other, Take Specific Action (non-repair)
- 30 July 2023Case 202221434 · Secure TenancyReasonable redress
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a repair to a cooker socket.”
Recommendations: Compensation
- 8 December 2022Case 202207802 · Secure TenancyReasonable redress
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the appointment to replace the resident’s radiators.”
Recommendations: Take Specific Action (non-repair)
- 31 October 2022Case 202206499 · Secure TenancyMaladministration
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint concerns how the landlord handled the replacement of the windows in the property.”
Orders or recommendations: Case Review, Compensation
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