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.
