Housing complaints

There may be times when you feel unhappy with the service you receive and wish to complain. If you make a complaint, we will investigate it thoroughly and promptly and let you know the outcome. Our complaints procedure has 2 stages.

Stage one

The people best placed to resolve any problem or concern you have are usually the people providing the service. So, in the first instance, contact them directly with your complaint and they will try and sort things out straight away.

If you're unhappy with the service you receive or want to make a complaint you can use the following methods:

  • complete our online complaints form
  • phone 01634 333 333
  • write to us: Customer Relations, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR.

If you've had a positive experience of Medway's housing service please let us know.

Stage 2

Stage 2 gives you the opportunity to have your complaint looked at again if you’re not happy with our response at stage one. Your complaint will be reviewed by a customer relations investigations officer.

When you receive your stage one response, you'll be advised how to escalate your complaint to stage 2 if you remain dissatisfied with our response.

Our Customer Relations Team will acknowledge your stage 2 complaint within 3 working days and will work with the service area to investigate and resolve your complaint.

We may need to phone you to discuss your complaint during our investigation.

We'll look into what has happened so far and answer you within 15 working days either by phone, email or letter to explain what we have done to put things right. If we cannot get back to you straight away, we'll let you know the reason for the delay and give you a date when we'll reply.

Housing Ombudsmen Service

If you're a tenant of Medway Council and you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you can raise the matter with the Housing Ombudsman Service. You would however, be expected to have completed both stages of Medway Council's complaints process first.

To raise your complaint with the Housing Ombudsman Service:

  • email: info@housing-ombudsman.org.uk
  • phone: 0300 111 3000, Monday to Friday from 9.15am to 5.15pm
  • fax: 0207 831 1942
  • write to: Housing Ombudsman Service, Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange Square, London E14 9GE.

Help from others

At any stage you can contact your local councillor or ask another person or organisation to contact us on your behalf, such as your MP.

We may need to contact you to ask for consent to investigate your complaint.

You can also contact our tenant panel for assistance by emailing tenant.participation@medway.gov.uk.

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