Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Economic 7, million temporary jobs and 5, construction jobs were created for a low skilled labour force and 12, permanent jobs in the area. Faster commuting times, more time spent on family and friends, to and from Stratford.
People forcibly moved out of houses which destroyed communities Worlds largest urban park in the world to offer free Wi-Fi to all visitors Environmental The games missed its targets to recycle its waste and building materials during and after the games. The park is home to 2 different types of endangered species. The regeneration cleaned up the urban wasteland to provide for the Olympic park. The architects and developers want you to know that the area has been revitalised. The housing campaigners want you to know it has largely been revitalised for a new, wealthier demographic.
West Ham United plc want you to know the London stadium will make them a top club. Dizzee is now reading regeneration critiques and preaching about gentrification.
So which narrative is correct? But is the area a success or failure? And who wins the legacy medal? As ever, it depends on who you are — and whether you see the Olympic Park as …. Ken Livingstone, then the mayor of London , made it perfectly clear why the Olympics would be a boon. The original Stratford City project was launched in the late s as a 1. Fletcher Priest was already designing what became the village and the parkland around.
You might assume that booster made the planning easier. Not exactly. Now retired, she was originally head of development and building control at Newham council, before becoming head of planning at the Olympic Delivery Authority ODA when the bid was won, and finally head of the LLDC when the Games were over. The ODA, she notes, were legally required to build a school and a health centre — but then went lukewarm.
A year ago, Ramsey went for a wander around the East Village residential development. Campaigners, however, say the affordable housing targets set for the residential developments in the Olympic Park have been revised down. Managed by Triathlon, a partnership between housing associations East Thames and Southern Housing Group and developer First Base, they are comprised of social rent properties that went to people from Newham and other east London boroughs, discount market rent and shared ownership properties.
The Philbeys were one of the first residents to move into Ursa Mansions, just before Christmas. Although you are still living in London, it feels like you are not. There are green areas where I take the kids to run around. She loves the mix of social and private housing.
A lot of families with children. Quite a lot of young people but there are some old people, too. Security guards patrol the area.
They reassure Philbey. You do feel safer. Siobhan Best and her partner Jed see things a bit differently. Yet there were niggles. With Jed working, Best got lonely. Key instruments crucial to deliver affordable housing a decade ago no longer apply. Plans for affordable housing have been diluted despite the increasing need for it. With a new London mayor committed to increasing affordable housing in the park is there a chance to return to the original promises?
Rental costs have also shot up and a combination of rising rents and the benefit cap make it increasingly difficult for households on low incomes to find accommodation in the area. A key challenge for the London Legacy Development Corporation is the need to repay debts, yet some of these should be written off and the substantial increase in land values could be levered to fund genuinely affordable housing.
The legacy could capitalise on the extensive construction knowledge in East London and establish its own building company guaranteeing decent wages and cross-subsidising housing for sale with housing for rent.
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