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Leicester City Council (23 015 268 fr)
Report Upheld Homelessness 28-Aug-2025
Summary: We have written this further report because the Council has refused to comply with some recommendations made in our report issued on 15 October 2024. Although the Council has complied with our service improvement recommendations and agreed to make a payment for distress, it has refused to remedy all the personal injustice caused to Ms X, by the Council’s fault. We are not satisfied with the Council’s explanation for refusing to fully remedy the personal injustice to Ms X. We have therefore issued this further report to highlight our continuing concerns.
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Cheshire East Council (24 009 262)
Report Upheld Child protection 26-Aug-2025
Summary: Miss X complained the Council excessively and disproportionately intervened after a traumatic premature birth. She said the Council wrongly considered care proceedings, put both of her children on child protection plans, and communicated poorly. Miss X said the Council’s actions scarred and traumatised her, and caused significant distress. She said the experience significantly impacted her mental health. Miss X said she felt shamed, bullied and misjudged. She said she was treated like a danger to her children during one of the most frightening, exhausting and vulnerable times of her life. Miss X said she and her children carry the emotional consequences every day.
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South Kesteven District Council (24 010 719)
Report Upheld Homelessness 18-Aug-2025
Summary: Mr X complained about the lack of support and accommodation the Council provided after he became homeless in 2024. He says this caused him significant stress while he was street homeless and made his health conditions worse.
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London Borough of Lewisham (24 016 564)
Report Upheld Homelessness 14-Aug-2025
Summary: Mr Y complained on behalf of Ms X about the Council’s handling of her homeless application after she received notice to leave a private tenancy. Particularly, that the Council told Ms X to stay in the property until the court issued a bailiff warrant. Mr Y says Ms X experienced avoidable financial loss and distress.
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North Yorkshire Council (24 012 483)
Report Upheld Other 12-Aug-2025
Summary: Mr X complained about the Council’s delay in dealing with his application for a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) for an extension to his property. As a result, Mr X and his family have lived in overcrowded accommodation for longer than necessary which has had a significant impact on his children due to their needs.
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Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (24 008 808)
Statement Upheld Homelessness 05-Aug-2025
Summary: Ms X complained there were failings in the way the Council dealt with her homelessness and housing applications causing her distress and financial loss. We found fault by the Council as it delayed reviewing Ms X’s situation in 2023 and 2024 and dealing with Ms X’s homelessness application. The Council has already apologised for the delay and offered a suitable remedy for the injustice caused in this case. So, we have ended our investigation.
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North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (24 013 096)
Statement Upheld Alternative provision 05-Aug-2025
Summary: Mrs X complained the Council failed to arrange suitable alternative provision for her child, W, when they stopped attending school. The Council was at fault. This caused Mrs X avoidable frustration, upset and uncertainty but we cannot say, even on balance, that it meant W missed out on education they should have had. To remedy Mrs X’s injustice, the Council will apologise and pay her £500. It will also issue a staff reminder to prevent the fault happening again.
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets (24 015 224)
Statement Upheld Homelessness 05-Aug-2025
Summary: The Council was at fault for failing to address damp and mould in Miss X’s temporary accommodation and delay providing alternative accommodation once a review found it was unsuitable. This left Miss X and her baby at risk of harm from damp and mould, which is an injustice. The Council has agreed to apologise, make payments, and act to improve its services.
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (24 016 941)
Statement Upheld Refuse and recycling 05-Aug-2025
Summary: Mr B complained the Council has repeatedly left his bins blocking access to his driveway after collections, despite assuring him this would be resolved. The Council was at fault. It continued to leave Mr B’s bins blocking his driveway, after agreeing to leave them elsewhere. It also demonstrated poor record-keeping by not evidencing how and when it monitored his collections and carried out site visits. Because of the fault, Mr B could not safely access his driveway on several occasions; he suffered frustration and uncertainty; and it meant he continued to contact the Council to report the issue. The Council will issue a staff briefing and review its collection monitoring procedures.
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London Borough of Camden (24 018 417)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 05-Aug-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the location of a dockless bike bay and the Council’s actions in relation to this. This is because further investigation would not lead to a different outcome.