diff --git a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
index 41203a2f0..47d094be8 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module Validations::HouseholdValidations
     end
   end
 
-  def validate_housing_needs(record)
+  def validate_combination_of_housing_needs_responses(record)
     if record.housingneeds == 1 && record.housingneeds_type == 3 && record.housingneeds_other&.zero?
       record.errors.add :housingneeds, I18n.t("validations.household.housingneeds.invalid")
       record.errors.add :housingneeds_type, I18n.t("validations.household.housingneeds.invalid")
diff --git a/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb b/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
index 23f4ca4a2..b1c01b7a5 100644
--- a/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
@@ -639,12 +639,12 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::HouseholdValidations do
   end
 
   describe "housing needs validations" do
-    it "is invalid when housingneeds == 1 && housingneeds_type == 3 && housingneeds_other == 0" do
+    it "is invalid when a combination of housingneeds == 1 (yes) && housingneeds_type == 3 (none of listed) && housingneeds_other == 0 (no)" do
       record.housingneeds = 1
       record.housingneeds_type = 3
       record.housingneeds_other = 0
 
-      household_validator.validate_housing_needs(record)
+      household_validator.validate_combination_of_housing_needs_responses(record)
 
       error_message = ["If somebody in the household has disabled access needs, they must have the access needs listed, or other access needs"]