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Love Our ‘Hood Initiative

Proud of Your ’Hood? Want to Make it a Better Place to Live in?

The Love Our ‘Hood Initiative by the Municipal Services Office seeks to provide residents and community stakeholders with resources to solve municipal issues and foster neighbourliness in our community.

As a participant, you will get to investigate municipal issues in your ’hood, decide the issues you want to tackle, and meet and consult with subject matter experts. You will also have the chance to network with fellow participants to discuss ideas and come up with your own proposals.

   

Residents ideating and discussing within their groups.

 

All ideas proposed by the workgroups will be considered. You just need to be committed to test and implement your ideas in the community. We want to partner as many of you as possible in your journey to bring your ideas into reality.

In 2021, MSO launched the Love Our ‘Hood Initiative (LOHI) in 3 neighbourhoods, namely Mountbatten, Pioneer, and Bukit Gombak to address municipal issues in their estates.


Click on the links below for more details on the ideas developed by the various teams:

The Love Our ‘Hood Initiative has now adopted a thematic approach on a national level. MSO works with various neighbourhoods to address key issues including Illegal Parking, Neighbourhood Noise, Cluttered Corridors and Pet Dog Issues.

Find out more on the ground-up solutions developed by citizens through the programme to address these municipal issues in their neighbourhood:

What are Municipal Issues?

Municipal issues are issues pertaining to the upkeep and improvement of common areas in our living spaces such as public cleanliness (littering), animals (pigeon feeding, stray cat feeding, pet dog ownership), neighbourliness (noise, smoking in homes, dripping laundry), use of common areas (cluttered corridors, congregation noise) and illegal parking.

Some of these issues may be driven by irresponsible social behaviours, which, if not addressed, can cause inconvenience and disrupt harmonious relationships among neighbours and other residents.

Challenge Statement

How might we as a community address municipal issues in our 'hood to build a better living environment, and foster neighbourliness for a 'hood that we can be proud of?

How can I improve my ‘hood?

Check out the Love Our ‘Hood Fund and find out how you can get funding to support your ground-up initiative to address municipal issues in your neighbourhood.

 


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

MSO works with partner agencies to involve residents living in specific neighbourhoods, facing specific municipal issues. You can participate in LOHI if you are a resident living in those neighbourhoods.

Sessions will be conducted in English.
Sessions may be held physically or online (e.g. via video conferencing and using collaboration tools). We will do our best to orientate participants if sessions are held online so that they are familiar with the digital tools used during the sessions. Information on the workshop programme and sessions will be provided to participants prior to each session.
Participants are strongly encouraged to commit to the date/s of the workshop which they have signed up for.
Participants will get to attend facilitated sessions, where they will be guided to develop a grounds-up solution to address specific municipal issue in their neighbourhoods. During the sessions, they will receive references from proven initiatives which are already implemented in the community today.
Yes you may. We will reach out to partner agencies to involve residents, volunteers and grassroots networks for respective series of Love Our 'Hood Initiative.
You will be informed through email prior to the sessions.