Landlords Jeff Appenrodt, Shailendra Devdhara, and Kamlesh Patel were fined $810,000 for failing to address slum conditions at three single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels in San Francisco's Chinatown.

(THE CONVERSATION) Throughout the summer of 2024, young Kenyans have taken to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, in a series of anti-government demonstrations. But the roots of the protests predate ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of Haitians attended a collective funeral Saturday for eight people killed in a drone attack last month in a gang-controlled slum in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Explosive drones targeting a suspected gang leader killed at least eight children inside a slum in Haiti's capital and seriously wounded six others, relatives and activists told The Associated Press ...

Zuarinagar, once a barren plateau, has undergone a dramatic transformation into a densely populated slum. What was originally temporary shelters for workers have now turned into houses for ...

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is eyeing a high-profile slum in Mumbai for his next redevelopment project. Adani is looking at turning the Dharavi slum — made famous by the Oscar-winning film ...

WEST BRANCH, Iowa (KCRG) - The city of West Branch wants to designate a portion of the city as a “slum” to help get money from the government. Emily Embree recently inherited her father’s 1918 ...

City Beautiful is all set to become the country’s first slum-free city with the UT administration all set to demolish Chandigarh’s last slum—Shahpur Colony in Sector 38 (West) on September 30. Spread ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Angela R. Pashayan, American University (THE CONVERSATION) Throughout the summer of ...