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Where Landlords Stand A Where They Stand project

What social landlords in England are like, from what the regulator and the Housing Ombudsman publish.

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Metropolitan Housing Trust

Housing association; also known as Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV).

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Rents out about 35,895 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

C2

The Regulator of Social Housing checks how well landlords treat tenants. It gave Metropolitan Housing Trust grade C2 on 28 May 2025.

C2 means there are some weaknesses. The landlord needs to improve. Grades go from C1 (best) to C4 (worst).

Source: [1]

How it compares

We compared Metropolitan Housing Trust with 71 similar landlords: housing associations, 10,000 homes or more. These are tenants' answers to the 2025/26 survey and the landlord's own records.

Overall satisfaction: 69.6% of tenants were happy with the service. That puts it in the lower middle of similar landlords.

Repairs and homes: in the lower middle.

Being heard: in the bottom quarter. ↓ Down from lower middle in 2024/25.

Neighbourhood: in the lower middle.

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.

Source: [5]

Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman

In 2025-26, the Housing Ombudsman looked at complaints about Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV). It made 422 findings. It found the landlord at fault in 58% of them. It ordered or recommended £120,112 in compensation. 3 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 99.9% of homes that needed them

Source: [5]

The figures, 2025/26

MeasureFigureAmong similar landlords
Repairs and homes
Satisfied with repairs72.6%lower middle
Satisfied with how long the last repair took70.3%lower middle
Satisfied the home is well maintained70.6%lower middle
Homes that don't meet the Decent Homes Standard4.5%bottom quarter
Non-emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time82.5%upper middle
Emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time91.8%lower middle
Being heard
Satisfied the landlord listens and acts58.4%bottom quarter
Satisfied the landlord keeps them informed69.3%bottom quarter
Agree the landlord treats them fairly and with respect76.8%lower middle
Satisfied with how complaints are handled40.9%upper middle
First-stage complaints answered in time91.7%lower middle
Second-stage complaints answered in time82.8%bottom quarter
Neighbourhood
Satisfied communal areas are clean and well kept71.8%upper middle
Satisfied the landlord helps the neighbourhood64.6%lower middle
Satisfied with how anti-social behaviour is handled57.4%lower middle
Shown but not compared
Satisfied the home is safe76.9%
First-stage complaints per 1,000 homes120.6
Second-stage complaints per 1,000 homes42.8
Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes44.7
Anti-social behaviour cases involving hate incidents per 1,000 homes0.8

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
2024-25Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV)38776%

Source: [2]

Where it has homes

Homes it owns in each council area, 31 March 2026. We added up the figures for each company in the group.

and 82 more areas

Source: [4]

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, Private registered providers 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.