When Parliament Speaks the Language of Love
We in this House love them, that this nation loves them, and we understand the pain that they’re suffering and our support is with those members of the royal family … Read More
Author: PHAEDRA PONTSIVO
Why UK housing policy is like a broken IT system – and why patching no longer works
In engineering, if you define the problem incorrectly, even perfect execution produces failure. A core structural flaw in UK housing policy is that “housing need” is often treated as if: market pressure = social need. But those are not the same thing.
If people and firms concentrate in one part of the country, prices rise and pressure intensifies. The system then reads that pressure as “need” and responds by forcing more development into the same places.
Why EHDC’s Housing Target Must Be Capped at 500 per Year
It sets out clear evidence that East Hampshire is being asked to deliver far more housing per person than most other places — despite having limited infrastructure and no control over where the demand is really coming from.
Key points:
• EHDC is expected to deliver 39% more housing per capita than the national average.
• Past overdelivery has absorbed displacement, not unmet local need — and yet targets keep rising.
• Affordability has worsened, not improved, despite high delivery — so the uplift isn’t working.
• The 500 homes/year cap is based on solid data: local growth, national share, and environmental capacity.
Why and How to Deliver a Moratorium on Developer Donations
To safeguard housing policy from developer-funded influence.
2025-05-30: Submission to Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP.pdf
IP 1: Add Housing to National Risk Register
IP 2: Strategic Land Use Security Bill
IP 3 : Resilience & Sovereignty Test in Planning
IP 4: National Public Land & Development Register
IP 5: Redefine Housing as National Infrastructure
IP 6: Licensing & Criminalisation of Planning Abuse
SUPPLEMENT: Moratorium on Developer Donations
DLUHC Response to EIR Request on EHDC Housing Target
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: Environmental Information Regulations 2004 – EIR2025/12029: EHDC Housing Target 2025
Planning Without Policing: The Wild West Britain Forgot to Regulate
What’s the point of having rules if no one’s enforcing them? That’s the uncomfortable paradox at the heart of England’s housing and planning crisis. It also forms the starting point … Read More
Submission to Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP
The British public rightly expects that land granted development value should serve the national interest — not be diverted into private offshore gain or speculative asset cycles.
Unregulated and Up for Sale: How Foreign Buyers Can Control the UK’s Housing Pipeline
This page exposes how foreign entities can legally control UK housing developers and land without oversight—unlike in energy or defence. It explains how this happens, why it’s allowed, and what it means for housing sovereignty and public accountability.