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

He has faced a concerted challenge from singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine, 43, who styles himself the "ghetto president", after his stronghold in a slum where he grew up in the capital, Kampala.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Despite his mounting fame, Bobi Wine chose to continue recording in a music studio he had built in the Kamwokya slum.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Policymakers who pushed slum clearance—Mr. Husock calls it “progressivism at its most confident”—likewise ignored the concerns of residents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Josef’s apartment was on Hazelton Avenue, which was not quite a slum although close to it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood