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

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North Northamptonshire Council

Council.

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Rents out about 7,924 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 North Northamptonshire Council grade C2 on 25 February 2026.

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 North Northamptonshire 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: 72.1% of tenants were happy with the service. That puts it in the lower middle of similar landlords.

Repairs and homes: in the bottom quarter.

Being heard: in the lower middle.

Neighbourhood: in the upper middle. ↓ Down from top quarter in 2024/25.

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 North Northamptonshire Council. It made 18 findings. It found the landlord at fault in 89% of them. It ordered or recommended £9,630 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

Source: [5]

The figures, 2025/26

MeasureFigureAmong similar landlords
Repairs and homes
Satisfied with repairs65.3%bottom quarter
Satisfied with how long the last repair took63.7%bottom quarter
Satisfied the home is well maintained68.3%lower middle
Homes that don't meet the Decent Homes Standard10.8%bottom quarter
Non-emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time56.3%bottom quarter
Emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time100.0%top quarter
Being heard
Satisfied the landlord listens and acts58.2%lower middle
Satisfied the landlord keeps them informed65.6%bottom quarter
Agree the landlord treats them fairly and with respect75.3%lower middle
Satisfied with how complaints are handled31.1%lower middle
First-stage complaints answered in time89.9%lower middle
Second-stage complaints answered in time80.8%lower middle
Neighbourhood
Satisfied communal areas are clean and well kept69.4%upper middle
Satisfied the landlord helps the neighbourhood58.7%bottom quarter
Satisfied with how anti-social behaviour is handled58.1%upper middle
Shown but not compared
Satisfied the home is safe74.5%
First-stage complaints per 1,000 homes39.5
Second-stage complaints per 1,000 homes9.1
Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes38.2
Anti-social behaviour cases involving hate incidents per 1,000 homes0.5

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
2024-25North Northamptonshire Council1968%

Source: [2]

Where it has homes

North Northamptonshire Council is a council. Its homes are in its own area.

See what North Northamptonshire 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.