Rent a home | bpha

Electical safety | bpha

Find a home | bpha

Buy a home | bpha

Asbestos safety | bpha

Window guides | bpha

Remortgaging | bpha

Shared ownership | bpha

Tenancy guide | bpha

Gas safety | bpha

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

January 2026

December 2025

bpha Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Rent a home \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/rent-a-home/	5
Electical safety \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/electical-safety/153/	4
Find a home \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/find-a-home/	4
Buy a home \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/buy-a-home/192/	4
Asbestos safety \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/asbestos-safety/155/	4
Window guides \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/window-guides/255/	4
Remortgaging \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/remortgaging/202/	4
Shared ownership \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/shared-ownership/	4
Tenancy guide \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/tenancy-guide/	4
Gas safety \| bphawww.bpha.org.uk/living-in-my-home/gas-safety/152/	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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