Housing development involves housing policy programmes and agencies.

I am grateful to the almighty for bestowing on me this opportunity to complete the Ph.D. programme successfully.

I am very much thankful to the President, the Secretary and Members of the Management Committee and the Principal of S.I.V.E.T. College, Gowrivakkam, Chennai-600 073 for having given me permission to take up part time doctoral research work in the University of Madras.I thank the authorities of the University of Madras, Chennai for having given me the permission to undertake this research work.