Written scenario · Equity, Problem solving
Twelve homes by the river
You sit on the residents' panel of a riverside mobile home community.
After two floods in five years, the owner wants to move the twelve homes nearest the water to higher lots at the back. Several of those residents, some elderly and by the river for decades, want to stay. They say they carry flood insurance, would sign a risk waiver, and fear the new lots would cost more and scatter their close neighbors. A few speak little English. Bassam, whose home flooded twice, argues the owner should decide. The panel must recommend how residents are heard and who makes the final call.
The two questions
- 1What would you recommend the panel do, and why?
- 2In a case like this one, how would you decide whether the affected households, the owner, or the wider community should have the final say?
What raters look for
- Equity
- Notices unequal access or treatment and acts fairly, especially for people with less power.
- Problem solving
- Gathers facts before acting, considers options and consequences, and chooses a workable next step.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Answer both questions on the clock, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
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