Decision details

COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

Decision Maker: Governance, Audit and Standards Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Decisions:

The Committee were updated on the Council’s requirement to enhance its complaints procedure, following notification from the Housing Ombudsman.

 

The Housing Ombudsman introduced a new complaint handling Code in July 2020, which was subsequently revised in September 2020. The new Code is a legal requirement for all landlords to adopt following the findings of the Grenfell White Paper report.

 

RESOLVED that the non-housing related complaints be administered in accordance with the Housing Ombudsman’s Code.

Publication date: 18/05/2021

Date of decision: 30/11/2020

Decided at meeting: 30/11/2020 - Governance, Audit and Standards Committee

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