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Compliments and Complaints

Our complaints procedure is intended for those times when you feel we have failed to deliver what we should. If our service falls short, you should make a complaint.

A complaint may be made because Sapphire Independent Housing has:

  • Provided poor service or failed to provide a service at all.
  • Failing to do something that we have an obligation to do.
  • Taken too long to deal with a request.
  • Sapphire Independent Housing staff have behaved unhelpfully, inappropriately or discourteously.
  • Policies and procedures that are wholly unfair or inappropriate

STAIRS

STAIRS stands for Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements which apply to social housing landlords such as Sapphire.

The new rules say that social landlords must publish certain information and respond to information requests relating to how we deliver our social housing activities. From 1 October 2026, social landlords must ensure that they have published information in line with the government requirements.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, or would like information that isn’t published here, please email Info@sih.org.

  • Housing Ombudsman Complaint Handling Code self-assessment

    Sapphire is committed to compliance with the Code

    In March 2022, the Housing Ombudsman published a new Complaint Handling Code, which supports landlords to resolve complaints raised by their residents quickly and to use the learning from complaints to drive service improvements. Landlords have been asked to self-assess against the Code and publish the results.

    Complaints Self Assessment (PDF)

  • Annual Complaints Performance

    Annual Complaints Performance and Service Improvement

    This is our annual complaints report for the period April 2025 to March 2026. It provides our residents with information on the complaints we have received, what they were about and what we did to resolve them.

    Annual complaints performance (pdf)

  • Complaints Handling Policy

    Added Sept 2025

    Our Complaints Policy is available here.

    Complaints Handling Policy (pdf)

Compliments and Complaints Form