slum clearance
Example Sentences
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One of those counterproductive policies was slum clearance, which paved the way for public housing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
But there was also a great deal of demolition, largely due to slum clearance, which made the overall figure just under 200,000 a year.
From BBC • May 11, 2022
Cholera outbreaks in Paris led to widespread slum clearance, including the famous Haussmann-led urban renewal undertaken in the 1850s that gave us the city’s famous and spacious boulevards.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2021
There would be more money for the WPA and the CCC, and hundreds of millions for slum clearance, public works, highway construction, and flood control.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2020
As an immediate step, the Congress should enact the provisions for low-rent public housing, slum clearance, farm housing, and housing research which I have repeatedly recommended.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
