Leeds City Council (202101985)
The complaint concerns liability to pay service charges for heating.
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The complaint concerns liability to pay service charges for heating.
REPORT COMPLAINT 202017292 Hyde Housing Association Limited 10 August 2021 Our Approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. […]
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