slum

Densely populated area of substandard housing, usually in a city, characterized by unsanitary conditions and social disorganization. Rapid industrialization in 19th-century Europe was accompanied by rapid population growth and the concentration of working-class people in overcrowded, poorly built housing. England passed the first legislation for building low-income housing to certain minimum standards in 1851; laws for slum clearance were first enacted in 1868. In the U.S., slum development coincided with the arrival of large numbers of immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; laws concerning adequate ventilation, fire protection, and sanitation in urban housing were passed in the late 1800s. In the 20th century government and private organizations built low-income housing and appropriated funds for urban renewal and offered low-interest home loans. Shantytowns, which often grow up around urban centres in developing countries as rural populations migrate to the cities in search of employment, are one type of slum for which alleviating measures have yet to be successfully introduced. See also urban planning.

slum

a squalid section of a city, characterized by inferior living conditions and usually by overcrowding

slum

An area within a city characterized by deteriorated buildings, unsanitary conditions, and high population densities.

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Then there came a second great wave in the 1950s and 60s as old slum housing and back -to-backs were cleared out and estates such as Newtown replaced them.

COUNCIL HOMES FACTFILE by Birmingham Mail (England)

Seven sites earmarked for slum clearance PLANS were being drawn up for the redevelopment of seven sites in the centre of Stockton which were to be cleared of slum housing.

40 YEARS AGO; People and places by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Without identities, the vast population of undocumented people leads to sweatshops, slum housing conditions and many other problems.

EDITORIAL IDENTITY TEST DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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