Housing Resolution Service Standards

The Housing Resolutions Team investigate and respond to your housing complaints in line with the Housing Ombudsman Complaints Handling Code.

We are committed to:

  • being guided by the Housing Ombudsman Complaints Handling Code
  • making it as easy as possible for you to tell us you are not happy
  • being your voice when you tell us you are not happy
  • accepting your complaint in line with the Housing Ombudsman Complaint Handling Code
  • putting you at the forefront when investigating your complaint
  • providing you with a full and fair written response
  • holding our hands up when things have gone wrong
  • learning from your complaints
  • putting things right when they have gone wrong

To meet our commitments, we will:

  • review our processes against the Housing Ombudsman Complaint Handling Code
  • ensure complaint handlers receive relevant training
  • provide a number of different ways to make a complaint
  • ensure the complaints process is the right channel for your concerns
  • explain the reasons if your complaint is not accepted
  • provide you with a named investigator who will be your single point of contact
  • listen to your complaint to understand how it has affected you
  • keep you updated on the progress of your complaint
  • understand what has gone wrong and put it right
  • respond to your complaint in writing
  • be honest and open with our findings
  • share learnings and improvements with you

We ask you to:

  • provide us with as much detail as possible about your complaint
  • let us know how the issue has affected you
  • be open to discussing the details of your complaint
  • tell us what outcome you would like to see
  • let us know how you would like to be contacted

To measure and improve our service we will:

  • listen to your feedback
  • work with all services to support where improvements are needed
  • track improvements to ensure that they are done
  • share the complaints data with you