Landlord
New Forest District Council
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.
Open the full interactive viewSee, filter and share all 2 rulings.
What the Ombudsman decided
| Outcome | Rulings |
|---|---|
| No maladministration | 2 |
“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 the complaints were about
| Category | Rulings | Maladministration found | Bar chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managing Relations | 2 | 0 | |
| ASB/ | 1 | 0 |
A ruling can have more than one category tag.
Rulings by year
| Year | Rulings | Maladministration found | Bar chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
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
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
See and filter all 2The 2 most recent of 2 published rulings. Each links to the full ruling on the Ombudsman’s website.
- 28 May 2026Case 202536454 · Secure TenancyNo 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.”
- 9 March 2023Case 202100893 · Secure TenancyNo 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.”
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