Private housing

Rent to Buy

Help to buy

Types of housing for older people

Warm homes

Tips on buying a home

Success stories

Check if you're eligible for AWARM

Buying an Affordable Home

First homes

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

June 2025

May 2025

Wigan Housing

	Title / URL	Issues
	Private housingwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Private-Housing/Private-Housing.aspx	1
	Rent to Buywww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Rent-to-Buy.aspx	1
	Help to buywww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Help-to-buy.aspx	1
	Types of housing for older peoplewww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Homes-for-older-people/index.aspx	1
	Warm homeswww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Warm-homes/Index.aspx	1
	Tips on buying a homewww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Tips-on-buying-a-home.aspx	1
	Success storieswww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Supported-living/Success-stories.aspx	1
	Check if you're eligible for AWARMwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Warm-homes/AWARM-Plus-Eligibility.aspx	1
	Buying an Affordable Homewww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Buying-an-Affordable-Home.aspx	1
	First homeswww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/First-Homes.aspx	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Wigan Housing

Where this issue has occurred