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Error 404 | mhs homes

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

August 2025

July 2025

Heart of Medway Housing Association Ltd

Title / URL	Issues
Cookie policy \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/cookies-on-mhsorguk/	4
newsletter-signupmhs.org.uk/newsletter-signup/	4
Move out \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/existing-customer/moving-out/	2
Who we are \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingmhs.org.uk/	2
Our new homes \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/about-us/our-new-homes/	2
our-performancemhs.org.uk/about-us/our-performance/	2
newslettermhs.org.uk/existing-customer/newsletter/	2
meet-team-mhsmhs.org.uk/about-us/meet-team-mhs/	2
Error 404 \| mhs homesmhs.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Heart of Medway Housing Association Ltd

Where this issue has occurred