slum

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Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

His mother Margaret Nalunkuuma, a nurse, was the main breadwinner and raised him on the land she bought in the Kamwokya slum.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Murals, sculptures and other works depicting Hernandez have been inaugurated recently, including a large painting of his face on a wall in Petare, the biggest slum in Caracas.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

One of those counterproductive policies was slum clearance, which paved the way for public housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

I guess the easiest way to put it is, it became a slum building—a death trap—which was crazy because it was such a nice place when the Brysons had it.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds