diff --git a/home/factories.py b/home/factories.py
index fa5e43460..e95929ae8 100644
--- a/home/factories.py
+++ b/home/factories.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     PageFactory,
     StreamFieldFactory,
 )
+from wagtail_factories.blocks import StructBlockFactory
+
 from comments.models import CommentStatus
+from home.blocks import ArticleBlock
 from home.models import (
     Article,
     FooterIndexPage,
@@ -22,8 +25,36 @@
 )
 
 
+class ArticleFactory(PageFactory):
+    title = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f'article{n}')
+    lead_image = factory.SubFactory(ImageFactory)
+    commenting_status = CommentStatus.OPEN
+    body = StreamFieldFactory(
+        {
+            "image": ImageChooserBlockFactory,
+        }
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Article
+
+
+class ArticleBlockFactory(StructBlockFactory):
+    title = ''
+    display_section_title = True
+    article = factory.SubFactory(ArticleFactory)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = ArticleBlock
+
+
 class HomePageFactory(PageFactory):
     title = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f'homepage{n}')
+    home_featured_content = StreamFieldFactory(
+        {
+            "article": factory.SubFactory(ArticleBlockFactory),
+        }
+    )
 
     class Meta:
         model = HomePage
@@ -42,35 +73,18 @@ class SectionFactory(PageFactory):
     class Meta:
         model = Section
 
-
-class ArticleFactory(PageFactory):
-    title = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f'article{n}')
-    lead_image = factory.SubFactory(ImageFactory)
-    commenting_status = CommentStatus.OPEN
-    body = StreamFieldFactory(
-        {
-            "image": ImageChooserBlockFactory,
-        }
-    )
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = Article
-
-
 class MiscellaneousIndexPageFactory(PageFactory):
     title = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f'miscellaneous{n}')
 
     class Meta:
         model = MiscellaneousIndexPage
 
-
 class OfflineContentIndexPageFactory(ArticleFactory):
     title = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f'offline-content-index{n}')
 
     class Meta:
         model = OfflineContentIndexPage
 
-
 class SVGToPNGMapFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
     png_image_file = factory.LazyAttribute(
             lambda _: ContentFile(
diff --git a/home/models.py b/home/models.py
index 2b36a6fe0..08a0cc003 100644
--- a/home/models.py
+++ b/home/models.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def is_complete(self, request):
 
     @property
     def top_level_section(self):
-        return self.get_ancestors().filter(depth=4).first().specific
+        return self.get_ancestors().filter(depth=4).first().specific if self.get_ancestors().filter(depth=4).first() else self
 
     @property
     def get_image_urls(self):
diff --git a/home/tests/tests.py b/home/tests/tests.py
index a0790a29a..5d64285ee 100644
--- a/home/tests/tests.py
+++ b/home/tests/tests.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from wagtail.core.models import Site
 
 from home.wagtail_hooks import limit_page_chooser
-from home.factories import SectionFactory, ArticleFactory, HomePageFactory
+from home.factories import SectionFactory, ArticleFactory, HomePageFactory, ArticleBlockFactory
 from wagtail_factories import SiteFactory
 
 
@@ -55,3 +56,29 @@ def test_do_not_change_queryset_when_parent_page_is_not_a_section(self):
         pages_after = limit_page_chooser(pages_before, request)
 
         self.assertEqual(pages_after, pages_before)
+
+
+class HomePageFeaturedItemTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.site = Site.objects.get(is_default_site=True)
+        self.home_page = HomePageFactory(
+            parent=self.site.root_page,
+            home_featured_content__0__article=ArticleBlockFactory(),
+            home_featured_content__1__article=ArticleBlockFactory(title='new title'),
+        )
+
+    def test_home_page_featured_item_with_empty_title(self):
+        response = self.client.get(self.home_page.url)
+        parsed_response = BeautifulSoup(response.content)
+        title = parsed_response.find("p", {"class": "article-title"}).text
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(title, self.home_page.home_featured_content[0].value['article'].title)
+
+    def test_home_page_featured_item_with_new_title(self):
+        response = self.client.get(self.home_page.url)
+        parsed_response = BeautifulSoup(response.content)
+        title = parsed_response.find("p", {"class": "article-title"}).findNext("p", {"class": "article-title"}).text
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(title, self.home_page.home_featured_content[1].value['title'])
diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index d643cefb0..22f6e5e70 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ django-test-plus>=1.4.0
 coverage
 selenium==3.141.0
 factory-boy==3.2.*
-wagtail-factories==2.0.*
\ No newline at end of file
+wagtail-factories==4.0.*
\ No newline at end of file