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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Watchdog names social landlords in England with worst complaints records

Social housing
The housing ombudsman is the regulator of England’s 4.4m social homes. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The social landlords in England with the worst records of maladministration have been named by the housing ombudsman, who said failures were “deeply concerning” and that poor performance was “still at unacceptably high levels”.

Richard Blakeway, the ombudsman for England’s 4.4m social homes, concluded there was maladministration in 90% of the complaints cases brought to it by tenants of Golding Homes, which provides housing for more than 21,000 people across Kent, including in the case of a resident who complained for seven years about problems including damp and cold.

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