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Adur District Council

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Rents out about 2,379 homes in England. This is the number of tenants in rented homes it counted for its 2025/26 tenant survey.

Source: [5]

The regulator's grade

The Regulator of Social Housing has not yet given Adur District Council a grade for how it treats tenants.

Source: [1]

How it compares

We compared Adur District Council with 108 similar landlords: councils, 1,000 to 9,999 homes. These are tenants' answers to the 2025/26 survey and the landlord's own records.

Overall satisfaction: 62.9% of tenants were happy with the service. That puts it in the bottom quarter of similar landlords.

Repairs and homes: in the bottom quarter.

Being heard: in the bottom quarter.

Neighbourhood: in the bottom quarter.

Top quarter means it did better than at least three in four similar landlords. Bottom quarter means it did worse than at least three in four.

Adur District Council asked tenants mostly by a mix of methods. Most similar landlords asked by telephone. How tenants are asked can change the results.

Source: [5]

Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman

In 2025-26, the Housing Ombudsman looked at complaints about Adur District Council. It made 22 findings. It found the landlord at fault in 86% of them. It ordered or recommended £6,705 in compensation. 2 of the findings were severe failings.

From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.

Source: [3]

Safety checks

Not all done (as at 31 March 2026):

  • Gas safety checks: done for 99.8% of homes that needed them
  • Asbestos checks: done for 48.9% of homes that needed them
  • Lift safety checks: done for 77.8% of homes that needed them

Source: [5]

The figures, 2025/26

MeasureFigureAmong similar landlords
Repairs and homes
Satisfied with repairs72.0%lower middle
Satisfied with how long the last repair took66.0%bottom quarter
Satisfied the home is well maintained61.9%bottom quarter
Homes that don't meet the Decent Homes Standard0.9%upper middle
Non-emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time75.4%bottom quarter
Emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time64.1%bottom quarter
Being heard
Satisfied the landlord listens and acts48.2%bottom quarter
Satisfied the landlord keeps them informed56.3%bottom quarter
Agree the landlord treats them fairly and with respect64.0%bottom quarter
Satisfied with how complaints are handled28.3%bottom quarter
First-stage complaints answered in time41.0%bottom quarter
Second-stage complaints answered in time50.0%bottom quarter
Neighbourhood
Satisfied communal areas are clean and well kept55.9%bottom quarter
Satisfied the landlord helps the neighbourhood46.7%bottom quarter
Satisfied with how anti-social behaviour is handled46.6%bottom quarter
Shown but not compared
Satisfied the home is safe63.0%
First-stage complaints per 1,000 homes69.2
Second-stage complaints per 1,000 homes23.2
Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes16.8
Anti-social behaviour cases involving hate incidents per 1,000 homes1.6

Source: [5]

Earlier Ombudsman figures

From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.

YearName in the reportFindingsAt fault
2024-25Adur District Council9100%

Source: [2]

Where it has homes

Adur District Council is a council. Its homes are in its own area.

See what Adur District Council's council and cabinet meetings have discussed and decided, on Where Councils Stand.

Compare with other landlords

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page comes from one of these published files. We do not change them.

  1. Regulator of Social Housing, Regulatory Judgements and Enforcement Notices Table (current). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords with individual performance reports ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.39 MB) (2024-25). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
  3. Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords performance data tables ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.4 MB) (2025-26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
  4. Regulator of Social Housing, Local authority registered provider data release (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
  5. Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures Full Dataset (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.