HOUSING SYSTEMS. CITIES. DELIVERY.
FULL-CYCLE HOUSING & URBAN ADVISORY
From ideas and evidence to policy, investment, implementation and impact.
Housing and urban challenges rarely sit within a single policy, institution or stage of delivery. Dr Orna Rosenfeld provides full-cycle advisory support, helping governments, cities and international institutions understand complex housing systems, develop policies and strategies, translate ambition into investment and implementation, and assess what works.
Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience across 56 countries, her work connects housing systems, cities and inclusion with the governance, investment and delivery mechanisms needed to achieve lasting change.
Assignments range from international and national policy development to city strategies, comparative research, investment frameworks, programme design, implementation support and evaluation. Support can span the full policy and delivery cycle or focus on a specific challenge—from targeted strategic advice and evidence-building to policy design, investment planning, implementation and impact assessment.
Explore areas of expertise and advisory support below.
ADVISORY SERVICES
understand → design → deliver → learn
Dr Rosenfeld's advisory services follow the interconnected stages through which evidence becomes policy, policy becomes action, and experience informs what comes next.
Clients can draw on expertise at any point in this cycle, or connect several stages where continuity from analysis through implementation and evaluation is needed.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Achieving global impact by providing local solutions. Achieving local success by learning from global experience.
Dr Orna Rosenfeld’s research, consulting and advisory services focus on urban and housing policy, knowledge and investment as prerequisites for inclusive urban growth and social and territorial cohesion at the city, national and international levels. Explore areas of expertise below, followed by advisory services, the geographical coverage of our work and case study highlights.
HOUSING SYSTEMS & POLICY
-
Social and affordable housing
Housing policy, strategies and programmes -
Comparative housing systems and policy analysis
-
Housing governance and institutional frameworks
-
Housing affordability, accessibility and supply
-
Housing finance and investment
-
State aid, regulatory and public support frameworks
-
Housing needs, exclusion and homelessness
-
Tenure systems, including rental, ownership, cooperative and collaborative housing
CITIES, LAND & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
-
Integrated urban and territorial development
-
Urban regeneration and neighbourhood transformation
-
New European Bauhaus and quality of place
-
Planning, zoning and development frameworks
-
Housing within wider city strategies
-
Sustainable construction and renovation
-
Climate neutrality and just transition
-
Cross cutting and horizontal expertise across 14 urban themes
-
Social and territorial cohesion
INCLUSION, GOVERNANCE & DELIVERY
-
Equality and inclusion in housing and urban development
-
Participatory and stakeholder-led approaches
-
Multilevel governance and institutional cooperation
-
Public-private and cross-sector partnerships
-
Policy and programme design
-
Investment planning and implementation
-
Institutional and city capacity building
-
Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment
-
Translating international and European frameworks into local action
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE & SCALE
International experience provides perspective; local context determines what works.
Dr Rosenfeld's work spans 56 countries, with particularly extensive experience across the European Union, Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, alongside assignments in the Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East and North America. She has supported more than 40 cities and evaluated or assessed more than 400 projects and initiatives.
Her work operates across international, European, national, regional, city and project scales, allowing lessons to travel between places while remaining grounded in different institutional, financial and spatial realities.
56 countries
40+ cities
400+ projects
SELECTED CLIENTS & INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
Dr Rosenfeld has been commissioned by and worked with European and international institutions, development banks, national governments, cities and international programmes on housing and urban policy, investment, research, implementation and evaluation.
Christophe André
Senior Economist
OECD
France
As an architect and a urban planning expert, as well as a social scientist, Dr. Orna Rosenfeld has a unique grasp of the multiple dimensions of housing issues. Her research and policy advice on a broad range of countries and her familiarity with policymakers and international organisations has turned her into a top housing policy expert.
TESTIMONIALS
Hon. Eva Srnová
Diplomat at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union
Cohesion Policy, Regional Policy, Urban Matters and Just Transition
Belgium
Dr. Orna Rosenfeld is a devoted professional who, thanks to her education and background, has a thorough insight into how various policies and decision-making influence the accessibility of housing and urban policies. In her recent contribution to the concept of just transition in Brussels in November 2022, Orna brought a specific global view to European policymaking on the transformation of places and just transition. She is skilled, inspirational, creative and able to bring the right perspective. I highly recommend working with her.
Victor Schaap
Director
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Directorate-General for Administration
Spatial Planning and Housing Housing Market Department
The Netherlands
Orna is a trustworthy and reliable advisor, who skilfully weathers politically challenging missions, always delivers excellent work and goes the extra mile to support partners and clients. I wholeheartedly recommend her.