Boris Johnson today insisted that more than a third of the 7,000 new homes in the Olympic Park would be affordable after it emerged that the first development there would miss this target.
Only 28 per cent of homes at the Chobham Manor neighbourhood in the east of the site are affordable, compared with an official target of 35 per cent.
The Mayor controls the housing as chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation which is also the planning authority.
London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon said: “You have to meet and exceed your targets for affordable homes otherwise you are giving the green light to developers around London that your targets don’t matter.”
The Mayor said: “There’s no point in doing this unless you can accommodate all income groups.
“The Olympic Park will be a very attractive place to live and you would expect us to turn it into a place people want to move to.” He said three quarters of homes would go to Londoners.
Earlier London 2012 chiefs were accused of providing “selective” information on the proportion of British sports fan who got to attend top Olympic events. In their final appearance at the Assembly, Locog failed to publish tickets sales at all prices and for all events. Lib-Dem member Stephen Knight said: “There will be those who accuse you of publishing selective data.”
