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How to use My Account | Citizen Housing

Reporting a repair | Citizen Housing

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

November 2025

October 2025

Citizen Housing Group Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	FAQs \| Citizen Housingwww.citizenhousing.org.uk/help-and-advice/faqs/	99
	Paying your rent \| Citizen Housingwww.citizenhousing.org.uk/managing-your-home/how-to-pay-your-rent/	6
	Find a home \| Citizen Housingwww.citizenhousing.org.uk/find-a-home/	5
	Your tenancy with Citizen \| Citizen Housingwww.citizenhousing.org.uk/managing-your-home/manage-your-tenancy/	4
	How to use My Account \| Citizen Housingwww.citizenhousing.org.uk/help-and-advice/how-to-use-my-account/	3
	Reporting a repair \| Citizen Housingwww.citizenhousing.org.uk/managing-your-home/reporting-a-repair/	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Citizen Housing Group Limited

Where this issue has occurred