diff --git a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
index 083d56d37..c6ab9293e 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ module Validations::HouseholdValidations
     "Rough sleeping",
   ].freeze
 
+  PHRASES_INDICATING_HOMELESSNESS_REGEX = Regexp.union(
+    PHRASES_INDICATING_HOMELESSNESS.map { |phrase| Regexp.new("\\A[^[:alpha:]]*#{phrase}[^[:alpha:]]*\\Z", Regexp::IGNORECASE) },
+  )
+
   def validate_reason_for_leaving_last_settled_home(record)
     if record.reason == 32 && record.underoccupation_benefitcap != 4
       record.errors.add :underoccupation_benefitcap, I18n.t("validations.household.underoccupation_benefitcap.dont_know_required")
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ module Validations::HouseholdValidations
 
     return unless record.form.start_year_after_2024?
 
-    if record.reason == 20 && Regexp.union(PHRASES_INDICATING_HOMELESSNESS.map { |phrase| Regexp.new("\\A[^[:alpha:]]*#{phrase}[^[:alpha:]]*\\Z", Regexp::IGNORECASE) }).match?(record.reasonother)
+    if record.reason == 20 && PHRASES_INDICATING_HOMELESSNESS_REGEX.match?(record.reasonother)
       record.errors.add :reason, I18n.t("validations.household.reason.other_not_settled")
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb
index 022a5f038..74afef27d 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/soft_validations.rb
@@ -163,8 +163,12 @@ module Validations::SoftValidations
     "Hospital",
   ].freeze
 
+  PHRASES_LIKELY_TO_INDICATE_EXISTING_REASON_CATEGORY_REGEX = Regexp.union(
+    PHRASES_LIKELY_TO_INDICATE_EXISTING_REASON_CATEGORY.map { |phrase| Regexp.new("\\b[^[:alpha]]*#{phrase}[^[:alpha:]]*\\b", Regexp::IGNORECASE) },
+  )
+
   def reasonother_might_be_existing_category?
-    Regexp.union(PHRASES_LIKELY_TO_INDICATE_EXISTING_REASON_CATEGORY.map { |phrase| Regexp.new("\\b[^[:alpha]]*#{phrase}[^[:alpha:]]*\\b", Regexp::IGNORECASE) }).match?(reasonother)
+    PHRASES_LIKELY_TO_INDICATE_EXISTING_REASON_CATEGORY_REGEX.match?(reasonother)
   end
 
 private