A NEW FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY
Better decisions.
Made together.
Consenza is building a new digital democracy. Understand our world, improve ideas and shape what happens next.
Start with a local questionCitizen participation for municipalities ↗SEE THE CONNECTIONS
Why is a home
so hard to afford?
Start beyond our borders. Interest rates affect borrowing. Global supply chains affect building costs. Both reach the price of a home.
ONE PLAN TO FOLLOW
One site.
120 possible homes.
Meet Station Quarter: a former depot beside a station. What would it take to turn it into homes people can afford?
60 + 60rentals + homes for sale
€36minvented starting budget
A fictional Dutch site. Numbers illustrate a question, not a viable or approved project.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PLAN
A new home.
A shared neighbourhood.
A home seeker needs an affordable rent. A neighbour wants a green route to the station. A builder needs the numbers to work.
Can their concerns make the same plan better?
See how we find common ground ↓CONNECT WHAT WE LEARN
Local insight.
Shared progress.
Bring local findings back into the bigger picture. Compare what worked, what did not and why. The next community starts with more to learn from.
How Consenza brings it togetherFROM UNDERSTANDING TO A WAY FORWARD
We see the problem.
Now let’s solve it together.
Housing brings different interests to the same table. Consenza connects the people, the evidence and the ideas that can move us forward.
01 / REAL PEOPLE
A person behind
every voice.
Our goal is one verified account per person, with DigiD as the planned way to sign in in the Netherlands.
Your public profile would be separate from your verified identity. We also want to see whose voices are missing, so we can invite them in.
One person.
One verified account.
DigiDPlanned sign-in method
Verify your identityChoose your public profile
Proposed design. DigiD access requires approval; Consenza is not connected yet.
02 / SHARED UNDERSTANDING
Better discussions
start with evidence.
Can these homes really be affordable? Bring research, policy and people’s experience into the same picture.
We’re building AI connections between papers, articles and public posts. People check the evidence, challenge it and make uncertainty visible.
ONE SHARED QUESTION
What makes a home affordable?
One proposal. An open evidence trail.
What supports it. What challenges it. What we still need to know.
Background sources linked. Automated discovery and review are in development.
03 / FIND COMMON GROUND
Different views.
More in common than we think.
With pol.is, people respond to short statements. Patterns reveal where opinions differ and which ideas have support across groups.
01 Share your view
A PARTICIPANT’S STATEMENT
“Show the costs and who will pay before approving the plan.”
✓ AgreeDisagreePass
Everyone can respond and suggest a statement.
02 See the patterns
Coloured dots: agree · Pale dots: other responses
Groups emerge from answers, not party labels.
03 Find shared prioritiesMake the costs
Make the costs
transparent.
A ✓B ✓C ✓
Support across different groupsKeep shared ground and unresolved objections visible.
PROPOSED CONDITIONS FOR REVIEW
120 homes. Clearer conditions.
- Publish costs and funding
- Protect a public green route
- Test affordability with future residents
Fictional example, not live results. Participants would review the changes; funding and final design remain open. About pol.is ↗
The outcome: a clearer plan, with reasons people can inspect.
04 / CHOOSE WHO YOU TRUST
Your voice.
Your people. Your topics.
Trust one person on housing and someone else on the economy. Our ambition is representation you can choose and change, one topic at a time.
consenza.Fictional profiles · AI-generated portraits
A different voice for every topic.
Try following someone.
HOUSING
Sofia van Dalen
“Homes that work for the people who need them.”
Also: climate & economy
ECONOMY
Thomas de Wit
“Understand the trade-offs. Make the numbers work.”
Also: technology & energy
EDUCATION
Amara Mensah
“Give the next generation a stronger start.”
Also: housing & local lifeYOUR TOPIC CHOICES
Choose the voices you want to follow. Change your mind at any time.
Following is a local demo. No voting power is delegated.
BUILD Consenza WITH US
A new democracy.
It starts with us.
We’re bringing together the people and funding for our first housing pilot.
Started by Bram Delfos. Built together.
Funding must not decide our findings.