The Supportive Housing Fund was created to give low-income families the opportunity to not only apply for subsidized housing, but to be part of the planning and development process.
The original version of this case study first appeared on Vitalizing Democracy in 2010 and was a contestant for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize. It was originally submitted by Jenny van Skiver . Public engagement was at the center of the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, a...
Hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the city of New Orleans in the State of Louisiana, in the United States, needed a formal citizen participation structure. 80% of the city had to be rebuilt, thus requesting a lot of decisions that would impact the life of communities. Citizen engagement was...
In 2014 the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service embarked on an extensive consultation process to review the 2008 Horse Management Plan. The Australian Alps (Snowy Mountains) in NSW is home to the world's largest population of wild horses, known as Brumbies. The horses have a significant impact...
In 2014 the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities undertook an extensive stakeholder and community consultation program to help plan the future of public education in inner Sydney area. Projected population growth prompted by urban renewal will lead to an increase in families living in the area, and...