diff --git a/app/models/lettings_log.rb b/app/models/lettings_log.rb
index cc8c7d58b..55db7bfe4 100644
--- a/app/models/lettings_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/lettings_log.rb
@@ -814,6 +814,10 @@ private
     housingneeds_other == 1
   end
 
+  def no_or_unknown_other_housing_needs?
+    housingneeds_other&.zero? || housing_needs_other == 2
+  end
+
   def has_housingneeds?
     housingneeds == 1
   end
@@ -826,6 +830,10 @@ private
     housingneeds == 3
   end
 
+  def housingneeds_type_not_listed?
+    housingneeds_type == 3
+  end
+
   def should_process_uprn_change?
     uprn && startdate && (uprn_changed? || startdate_changed?) && collection_start_year_for_date(startdate) >= 2023
   end
diff --git a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
index a213f6844..cd15d09cf 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module Validations::HouseholdValidations
   end
 
   def validate_combination_of_housing_needs_responses(record)
-    if record.housingneeds == 1 && record.housingneeds_type == 3 && record.housingneeds_other&.zero?
+    if record.has_housingneeds? && record.housingneeds_type_not_listed? && record.no_or_unknown_other_housing_needs?
       record.errors.add :housingneeds, I18n.t("validations.household.housingneeds.invalid")
       record.errors.add :housingneeds_type, I18n.t("validations.household.housingneeds.invalid")
       record.errors.add :housingneeds_other, I18n.t("validations.household.housingneeds.invalid")