Welcome
Fordham Research is stronger now
Dr Richard Fordham is pleased to announce the purchase of the Fordham Research’s business by RCF Associates Ltd. It was bought from Fordham Research Group Ltd in voluntary liquidation (FRGL). The key staff have joined Dr Fordham in the new company.
The new business will focus on 2 core areas of housing related research:
- the assessment of housing need (through housing needs surveys and Strategic Housing Market Assessments)
- the assessment of housing viability (through PPS3 – para 29 studies and single site viability studies)
Fordham Research also undertakes studies assessing the requirements of households marginalised from the mainstream housing market, drawing on the staff’s considerable experience:
- Older persons housing studies
- Gypsy and traveller consultations and accommodation assessments.
- Private rented sector studies
- Housing and support needs studies
- Private Sector Stock Condition and Empty Homes surveys
- Migrant worker studies
- Rural housing studies
This work is underpinned by our Expert Witness work at planning inquiries. This relies upon the calibre of the work we do, and upon our two decades experience of such work.
Fordham Research has always been known for its innovative character, an this continues. Two recent innovations are:
- Dynamic Viability : the model allows deliverable affordable housing targets to be set for the whole plan period. This is a unique capability, not available with any other form of viability analysis. more info
- Balancing housing markets . This work, developed over several years has recently scored a success. In Oxford the City has just won an appeal in which the Inspector upheld the policy based on our work to reject an application which did not contain family housing. more info
We are also undertaking Local Economic Assessments, a new statutory responsibility, and are developing new technology to do them.