Madhu Satsangi is a Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies at the University of Stirling and Convenor of the Rural Housing Service. His research focuses on the political economy of rural housing provision.Nick Gallent is Professor of Housing and Planning at University College London. His research is mainly concerned with housing development, planning and rural communities. He has published extensively on these and related topics.Mark Bevan is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York. His research interests include rural housing and marginal housing tenures.

"...this book is prescient in the nature of its recommendations and should be considered required reading in the context of current policy developments." Tom Moore in Housing Studies Journal

• Contents: Part one: Dissecting the rural housing question: Introduction; The British countryside: nostalgia, romanticism and intervention; 'Protect and consume': understanding the orthodoxy of planning response; The components of the rural housing question; Part two: Components of the rural housing question: The existing policy framework; Planning and land for housing (Supply); Private house building (Supply); Planning and the rural economy (Local Demand); Migration and 'adventitious purchasers' (Demand); Second homes and recreational pressure; Retirement and ageing; Intervening to 'protect' local interests and promote local needs; Planning and affordable housing; Social housing in rural areas; The Private Rented Sector (PRS); Expanding low-cost home ownership; Rural homelessness; Community initiative; Part three: Answering the rural housing question: Seeking answers from overseas; Reviewing the evidence; Working with communities; Challenging 'protect and consume'.

Madhu Satsangi is a Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies at the University of Stirling and Convenor of the Rural Housing Service. His research focuses on the political economy of rural housing provision.Nick Gallent is Professor of Housing and Planning at University College London. His research is mainly concerned with housing development, planning and rural communities. He has published extensively on these and related topics.Mark Bevan is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York. His research interests include rural housing and marginal housing tenures.

"...this book is prescient in the nature of its recommendations and should be considered required reading in the context of current policy developments." Tom Moore in Housing Studies Journal

• Contents: Part one: Dissecting the rural housing question: Introduction; The British countryside: nostalgia, romanticism and intervention; 'Protect and consume': understanding the orthodoxy of planning response; The components of the rural housing question; Part two: Components of the rural housing question: The existing policy framework; Planning and land for housing (Supply); Private house building (Supply); Planning and the rural economy (Local Demand); Migration and 'adventitious purchasers' (Demand); Second homes and recreational pressure; Retirement and ageing; Intervening to 'protect' local interests and promote local needs; Planning and affordable housing; Social housing in rural areas; The Private Rented Sector (PRS); Expanding low-cost home ownership; Rural homelessness; Community initiative; Part three: Answering the rural housing question: Seeking answers from overseas; Reviewing the evidence; Working with communities; Challenging 'protect and consume'.