Cookie policy | mhs homes

Move out | mhs homes

Rent a garage | mhs homes

damp-and-mould

Supported living | mhs homes

First time visit: View without clicking anything

tenancy-support

newsletter

Error 404 | mhs homes

energy-bills

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

September 2025

August 2025

Heart of Medway Housing Association Ltd

	Title / URL	Issues
	Cookie policy \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/cookies-on-mhsorguk/	4
	Move out \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/existing-customer/moving-out/	2
	Rent a garage \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/find-your-home/rent-a-garage/	2
	damp-and-mouldmhs.org.uk/existing-customer/damp-and-mould/	2
	Supported living \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/support-and-advice/supported-living/	2
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingmhs.org.uk/	2
	tenancy-supportmhs.org.uk/support-and-advice/tenancy-support/	2
	newslettermhs.org.uk/existing-customer/newsletter/	2
	Error 404 \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	2
	energy-billsmhs.org.uk/support-and-advice/energy-bills/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Heart of Medway Housing Association Ltd

Where this issue has occurred