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Landlord

Habinteg Housing Association Limited

Housing AssociationData as of 16 October 2026Latest ruling 22 December 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
24
June 2021 to December 2025
Maladministration found
67%
16 of 24 rulings: severe maladministration, maladministration or partial maladministration
Severe maladministration
0
rulings with this overall outcome. The Ombudsman’s 2025-26 report counts 1 severe maladministration finding (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
Maladministration729%
Partial maladministration938%
Reasonable redress28%
No maladministration521%
Mediation14%

“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
Compensation20
Apology8
Take Specific Action (non-repair)6
Repairs3
Policy Review2
Other1
Process Change1
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 Relations1512
Repairs (includes damp and mould)1510
ASB/Abuse/Nuisance64
Estate Management44
Health and Safety (inc. building safety)22
Information and data management10
Moving/Buying/Selling Home10

A ruling can have more than one category tag. 1 ruling has no category tag in the Ombudsman’s archive.

Rulings by year

Rulings by year, with the number where maladministration was found
YearRulingsMaladministration foundBar chart
202154
202264
202341
202432
202565

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.

3,346 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)
7
Findings
22
Maladministration findings
11
Maladministration rate (share of findings)
58%
Severe maladministration findings
1
Compensation ordered
£3,525

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

Regulator of Social Housing, 2024/25

Tenant Satisfaction Measures, year to 31 March 2025.

3,309 homes owned social rent and shared ownership, 31 March 2025

Stage 1 answered on time
95.1%
Stage 2 answered on time
69.2%

“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 24

The 10 most recent of 24 published rulings. Each links to the full ruling on the Ombudsman’s website.

  1. 22 December 2025Case 202507807 · Assured Tenancy
    No maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of ASB. Concerns regarding staff conduct. Associated complaint.”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceManaging Relations
  2. 25 July 2025Case 202302620 · Assured Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs.”

    Repairs (includes damp and mould)

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Other, Repairs

  3. 15 July 2025Case 202323678 · Secure Tenancy
    Partial maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling) (shortened)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Request for a smoke test to establish how cooking fumes were entering the property. Concerns raised regarding the landlord’s management of asbestos within her property. Concerns raised…”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceHealth and Safety (inc. building safety)

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation

  4. 13 June 2025Case 202411853 · 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 blocked drains and smell of chemical fumes within the property. The landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.”

    Managing RelationsRepairs (includes damp and mould)

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation

  5. 16 May 2025Case 202225256 · Assured Tenancy
    Partial maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling) (shortened)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s complaint about: Its handling of issues with the: Communal aerial. Guttering. Communal window. Her reports about parking issues. Its use of its reasonable behaviour policy. We have also…”

    Estate ManagementManaging RelationsRepairs (includes damp and mould)

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

  6. 30 April 2025Case 202322067 · Assured Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Wet room repairs. The resident’s complaint.”

    Repairs (includes damp and mould)

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

  7. 20 September 2024Case 202206829 · Assured Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the installation of the resident’s kitchen. The landlord’s complaint handling has also been considered.”

    Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Policy Review, Repairs

  8. 19 April 2024Case 202227866 · Assured Tenancy
    No maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “This complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request to pave the remaining area of her garden. The landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns following the installation of a door mechanism by the local authority.”

    Repairs (includes damp and mould)
  9. 25 January 2024Case 202214063 · Assured Tenancy
    Maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of an interruption to its provision of communal laundry facilities during major work. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.”

    Managing RelationsRepairs (includes damp and mould)

    Orders or recommendations: Compensation

  10. 30 November 2023Case 202201709 · Assured Tenancy
    Reasonable redress
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reportedly unacceptable behaviour.”

    ASB/Abuse/Nuisance

    Recommendations: Compensation

What you can do next

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