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Landlord

New Forest District Council

Council (or a company running council homes)Data as of 16 October 2026Latest ruling 28 May 2026

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
2
March 2023 to May 2026
Maladministration found
0 of 2
rulings with 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). 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

Rulings by outcome
OutcomeRulings
No maladministration2

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

Orders or recommendations

No orders or recommendations are tagged in these rulings.

What each tag means

What the complaints were about

Rulings by category, with the number where maladministration was found
CategoryRulingsMaladministration foundBar chart
Managing Relations20
ASB/Abuse/Nuisance10

A ruling can have more than one category tag.

Rulings by year

Rulings by year, with the number where maladministration was found
YearRulingsMaladministration foundBar chart
202310
202400
202500
202610

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.

5,377 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)
2
Findings
5
Maladministration findings
3
Maladministration rate (share of findings)
60%
Severe maladministration findings
1
Compensation ordered
£3,291

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

Regulator of Social Housing, 2024/25

Tenant Satisfaction Measures, year to 31 March 2025.

5,251 homes owned social rent and shared ownership, 31 March 2025

Stage 1 answered on time
95.6%
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

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The 2 most recent of 2 published rulings. Each links to the full ruling on the Ombudsman’s website.

  1. 28 May 2026Case 202536454 · Secure Tenancy
    No maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “The complaint is about the landlord’s response to: Reports of antisocial behaviour. The resident’s complaint.”

    ASB/Abuse/NuisanceManaging Relations
  2. 9 March 2023Case 202100893 · Secure Tenancy
    No maladministration
    What the complaint was about (from the ruling)

    “This complaint is about the landlord’s decision to extend the resident’s ‘unreasonable and persistent complainant’ status from March 2020.”

    Managing Relations

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