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We are delighted when our customers tells us we’ve got it right, and if you’d like to compliment us on any of our services, you can do this by writing, emailing, phoning or making a personal visit to our office – please see the contact page for details.

Sometimes though we may get it wrong – and we have made it as easy as possible to complain, so we can put things right.

Examples might include:

• A request for a repair that has not been completed
• Failing to respond to initial enquiries
• Failing to achieve our published standards
• Unhelpful or discourteous staff
• The attitude of an LHA contractor

Enquiries about a service, a report that a service is required, and the first report of a defect are not considered to be complaints.

 Making a complaint

Anyone who has anything to do with us can make a complaint about the service they receive.

There are three stages: 

STAGE 1

Register your complaint by writing, phoning, emailing or seeing any member of LHA staff.  We will acknowledge it within three working days, and pass it to the service manager who will investigate and respond, normally within 10 working days.  If we can’t do this, we’ll write to let you know when to expect a reply.

STAGE 2

If you’re dissatisfied with the action taken you can request a further review by the Director of Housing Services saying why you’re dissatisfied.  The Director will review the matter and give a written response.

STAGE 3

If you’re still dissatisfied after the review by the Director of Housing Services, you can request a further review by the LHA board by writing to the Managing Director of LHA giving the reasons for your dissatisfaction.

 If you’ve pursued all three of these stages and are still not satisfied, you can take the complaint within 12 months to:

The Independent Housing Ombudsman, Norman House, 105-108 Strand, London WC2R 0AA.

You can get details of the Ombudsman service and a form for making your complaint from any of our offices.  You can also visit the Ombudsman’s website at: www.ihos.org.uk

 Dealing with your complaint    

We will:

• Deal with your complaint as quickly as possible
• Be fair, courteous and helpful
• Treat your complaint seriously, confidentially and in line with our commitment to diversity
• Keep you informed
• Keep written records
• Monitor all complaints

If your complaint shows we’ve failed in some way and are at fault, we may offer an apology, an explanation, action to put things right, or compensation (especially if you’ve experienced financial loss).

All comments are registered and monitored so we learn from our mistakes.  Our tenant reps and board consider our performance on complaints.