Accessibility Statement

The Housing Agency and its stakeholders are committed to making the information on this website accessible to all, regardless of ability. This statement outlines the provisions we have made to ensure a high standard of accessibility support throughout this website. It has been designed in accordance with the WC3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. It confirms to most of the priority 1, 2 and 3 checkpoints, subject to some clarifications as outlined below: 

• The majority of the pages on this site are WCAG 2.0 AA approved, complying with the priority 2 guidelines of the WC3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines- Opens in new window. 
• All pages on this site comply with the Irish National Disability Authority IT Accessibility Guidelines- Opens in new window
• All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines- Opens in new window. 
• The majority of pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. 
• All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags are used for subtitles. 

All content images used on this site include a descriptive ALT or LONGDESC tag. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes. 

Visual Design 

This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout. 

Accessibility references

• W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
• W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
• W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer’s guide to accessibility.
• Irish National Disability Authority IT accessibility guidelines. 
• U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines. 

• Alt Text: All Images where appropriate have suitable Alt text to provide a descriptive element to the image portrayed
• Heading Outline Hierarchy: Logical sense applied to headings where possible H1, H2, H3
• Descriptive Links: Links and Buttons have descriptive elements or Aria labels where those elements are cannot be provided
• Contrast: Reasonable minimums in difference with relation to contrast between foreground elements and background elements
• Navigability: Logical structure applied to the website to ensure the site can be used without a mouse
• An accessibility tool is included so that
  • Text can be increased or decreased
  • Colours can be changed to greyscale, high or negative contrast
  • The background can be lightened
  • The font can be changed. 

This list is not exhaustive.

The Housing Agency is committed to maintaining and monitoring the accessibility of this website. As part of this process, we welcome any comment, suggestions or details of problems encountered from users. 

You can contact us at disabilityservices@housingagency.ie if necessary.