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It took the HO two years to give a response to my complaint against my landlord. Even then the Adjudicator's report was full of errors, yet they've refused a right to review, even though they admit they're errors - which they've passed off as 'simple typos' (which they're not) and despite the fact that there are multiple issues. They've not even followed their own procedures. Beginning to think someone in the HO is protecting my landlord, not least as this is the second time they've mishandled a complaint I've taken to them (they 'lost' my previous case files when they moved offices). It has had real consequences for me as it's prevented me from getting a no win, no fee lawyer to take my case despite ten years of lies and failure to deal with repeated mould issues on the part of my landlord. I think the only way the HO will improve is if people go to the press about them. I can't think of any other organisation on this site that has 94% of reviews that are negative.
I can't see the point of the ombudsman. They have had my complaint for 2 1/2 years and still haven't started to investigate it. I contact them every 6 months or so to check on any progress. Still nothing.No wonder housing associations flout the law, they know there is no one to hold them accountable. The ombudsmanservice is not fit for purpose. Get rid of it and start from scratch. Social housing tenants should be on the management team so that they can provide another perspective on housing problems. It's clear that the ombudsman service has no understanding of the distress and upset caused by substandard housing.
I raised a complaint about Southwark Council which was then referred to the Housing Ombudsman, and it’s now been more than 1.5 years — yet I’m still waiting for a resolution.The only update I’ve received is a standardised response stating:> “Your case is awaiting allocation to an adjudicator. We hope to investigate your complaint soon, but as the length of time each investigation will take is hard to predict, it is hard to give a more accurate timeframe at this point.”It’s extremely difficult to believe that 99% of cases are resolved within 12 months, as they claim. This clearly doesn’t reflect the reality many complainants are facing.There has been no progress, no clear timeline, and absolutely no sense of urgency. After such a long delay, it’s hard not to feel that the complaints process is failing those it’s meant to protect.
The Housing Ombudsman & The Whitehall Civil Service Model – How Public Bodies Systematically Undermine the PublicThe Housing Ombudsman is marketed as an independent service to resolve disputes between social housing tenants and landlords. In reality, it is embedded within a wider bureaucratic culture known as the Whitehall Civil Service Model — a system deliberately structured to protect institutions, not the public.What is the Whitehall Civil Service Model?This model is the foundation of how the British state operates. It prioritises:✔️ Protecting the institution's reputation✔️ Deflecting accountability through complex procedures✔️ Using opaque complaint processes to wear people down✔️ Minimising legal risk, not addressing public harmIt isn't just Whitehall departments that operate this way. This model has been replicated across the public sector — local councils, the NHS, housing associations, regulators, and yes, the Housing Ombudsman all follow the same blueprint.The Illusion of AccountabilityBodies like the Housing Ombudsman, NHS complaints services, and council complaints teams all present themselves as fair, impartial, and there to help. But in practice, the system works like this:You raise a complaint.You're directed through endless 'stages' and policies.The process becomes the focus, not the problem.Decisions hide behind vague language and bureaucratic "frameworks".Evidence gets cherry-picked, omitted, or distorted.By the end, the institution is 'cleared', and your grievance is buried.A System Designed to ExhaustThis is not incompetence — it's calculated design. The Whitehall model encourages public bodies to weaponise procedures to:➡️ Delay justice➡️ Break down public trust➡️ Avoid legal consequences➡️ Shift blame onto individuals➡️ Silence vulnerable peopleIt's Happening EverywhereThe scandals follow the same pattern — from the Post Office Horizon cover-up to Grenfell, NHS failings, council social care disasters, and widespread housing complaints. The underlying system is the same:🔒 Institutions protect themselves first.🔄 Complaint processes are manipulated to limit exposure.🚪 Whistleblowers and victims are obstructed, isolated, or ignored.Time for Transparency, Not ExcusesUntil the Whitehall Civil Service Model is dismantled across the public sector, services like the Housing Ombudsman will continue to act as little more than damage control operations for the powerful — not genuine advocates for the public.
I originally made a complaint to L&Q about the standard of their service at my development, which they failed to deal with, even though they had more than a year to do so. I eventually referred the matter to the Housing Ombudsman in July 2024, and a year later they have done nothing at all. Still processing the complaint. Looking at the other reviews suggests this is a failed organisation, not fit for purpose, and needs to be closed down and replaced with something more effective.
Dont bother even engaging with them ive gone through 2 years of hell with my housing and they have done nothing. Its the old saying if you want something doing do it yourself. Waste of time dont know why they even exist as a business no help to no one. Funny reading all these comments and they havent replied back to one wonder why.
Initially the housing ombudsman were superb in dealing with my complaint although I waited well over a year for them to make a start!However when I contacted my case worker back to ask some very important questions he never replied! I was told of I still continue to get problems with my hoysi g association to contact housing omb again however I did and was met with a rude unhelpful lady on the phone who saud she would get them to call me and no one did. I then asked to make a formal complaint abd was refused the right to make this complaint!Incidentally I had made a second complaint to my housing association on the grounds if discrimination which was ignored so on the time frame provided I sent it onto the ombudsman and had an initial email with someone introducing themselves as my case worker only I never heard from them ever again!I have today made another complaint to my housing association about discrimination and don't expect I will hear back. We are supposed to rely on the housing ombudsman for impartial and fairness but yet can't even rely on them to help at all anymore!? So where on earth am I supposed to go now?I am literally being messed about still by my housing assoc, repair works are still not done and they are still lying and the housing ombudsman won't even follow it up. I am disabled with severe mental illness and this is making me more ill.
The Housing Ombudsman is a fake justice service, in that it directs, collates, then quietly buries complaints against a landlord to protect that landlord. That's its sole purpose much like the Care Quality Commission that operates in a similar way. These are fake complaint bodies designed to absolve the perpetrators of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Dear friends Today I share you of my experience with housing ombudsman team it’s been 1 years plus file a case with them and after 1 years no one available for housing ombudsman give me case listed by case working I have have issues with my landlord from last 7 years and they do anything & my landlord tell me clearly housing ombudsman do nothing for you they also a time waster it’s a free association who do nothing just to takes complaints which I get the answer from them I wasted my 1years of time believing that they help me out but now I know everyone just tuning there shops and do nothing so before you complain to housing ombudsman better to settle with landlord in some amount because they do anything for you they don’t have answers for you as well they just eating your time and time and times doing nothing ,I hope you get me that’s why no one no one in the UK happy form them look the feedback of your work which is shameful Stay away from all these associations because they do nothing for you better to get a lawyer or solicitors direct who deal your case This is the best message I can provide you Thanks
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