Kathleen Dunmore

Kathleen is an economist with over 40 years’ experience in housing and construction. She is an expert in the provision of specialist older persons housing and affordable housing for the wider community.  She worked for many years as Social Housing Consultant for the House Builders Federation (1988-2000) and before that for Milton Keynes Development Corporation and the Building Employers Confederation.

Kathleen was a founder member of Three Dragons with whom she has worked since 1996. From 2000-2004 Kathleen was a part time Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Residential Development at Nottingham Trent University. She was Chair of Midsummer Housing Association from 1994-2000.  She is a highly experienced public speaker and trainer, having given evidence to various sessions of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People and also provided online viability training for the RTPI for several years.  Kathleen is a founder member of the Highbury Group

Within Three Dragons Kathleen has particular expertise in the study of housing options for older people.  She has led specialist housing needs studies for the GLA, Northamptonshire and Norfolk authorities as well as carrying out a range of site-based studies for individual developers.

Kathleen was part of the team who developed the original Three Dragons viability toolkit for the Greater London Authority and she has carried out area-wide viability studies for urban and rural local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.