ABSTRACT
Public intervention presupposes policy objectives both at central and local government levels. According to Rogers (1983, 124) policies for rural housing in advanced Western societies are generally designed to fulfil one or more of three broad objectives: a) as an adjunct to agricultural policy; b) as a means towards wider rural development and helping the poor; c) as a vehicle for landscape protection and conservation. In Britain, Rogers suggests, the third objective has been particularly characteristic, placing the emphasis on the control of housing in the countryside rather than on its provision.
