The homes are being built by Hastoe, a non-profit housing association with the support of a £652,000 Homes England grant.
All the properties, which include flats, two-bed houses and a three-bed home are for shared ownership or social rent and will be offered to people who have a connection to Curdridge or a neighbouring village.
A report published in July from arc4, Rural housing solutions and English Rural found only 9% of housing in rural communities was social housing – half the proportion found in urban areas.
Claire Morgan from Action Hampshire said they worked closely with parish councils and communities to identify need and potential sites, but do occasionally meet objections.
“We need to bust the myth this development in villages means a big estate of shoddy housing and the people offered it will not fit in with the community,” she said.
“Most of the people who would qualify already live in the village but would have to leave without an affordable home – and that’s your teaching assistants, gardeners, people working in the pub or shop”.