shacktown
Makeshift dwelling area
A shacktown is a settlement of crudely built dwellings, typically occupied by people in poverty.
The word evokes images of makeshift shelters on the margins of cities or in rural areas: The shacktown grew up along the railroad tracks.
During the Great Depression, such settlements were also called Hoovervilles.
Brazilian informal settlement
- slumImpoverished urban district
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- barrioHispanic urban district
- townshipCounty's smaller division
squatter camp · hutment · informal settlement · encampment · tent city · cardboard city · skid row
Badly deteriorated from neglect
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- corrugated ironRidged metal sheeting
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
tarpaulin · plywood · cardboard · cinder block · salvaged · cobbled-together · rickety · dilapidated
Filled beyond capacity
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
- unsanitaryLacking proper cleanliness
- unelectrifiedLacking electrical power supply
unpaved · open sewer · no running water · dirt floor · vermin · fetid · dilapidated · crumbling
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- privationLack of necessities
deprivation · homelessness · joblessness · hunger · malnutrition · begging · subsistence · dispossession
Deprived of home or land
- displacedShifted from proper location
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- squattersUnauthorized occupants of property
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
migrants · outcasts · forgotten · neglected · invisible · underserved · disenfranchised · vulnerable
favela
Brazilian informal settlement
township · squatter camp · hutment · informal settlement · encampment · tent city · cardboard city · skid row
ramshackle
Badly deteriorated from neglect
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- corrugated ironRidged metal sheeting
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
patchwork · tarpaulin · plywood · cardboard · cinder block · salvaged · cobbled-together · rickety · dilapidated · flimsy
overcrowded
Filled beyond capacity
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
- unsanitaryLacking proper cleanliness
unelectrified · unpaved · open sewer · no running water · dirt floor · vermin · fetid · dilapidated · crumbling · decrepit
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
privation · deprivation · homelessness · joblessness · hunger · malnutrition · begging · subsistence · dispossession · penury
dispossessed
Deprived of home or land
- displacedShifted from proper location
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- squattersUnauthorized occupants of property
refugees · migrants · outcasts · forgotten · neglected · invisible · underserved · disenfranchised · vulnerable · excluded
shacktowngated community
Restricted-access residential area
subdivision · housing development · planned community · upscale neighborhood · master-planned community
shacktownaffluent neighborhood
Prosperous residential area
wealthy enclave · exclusive community · Beverly Hills · Hamptons · Bel Air