slum lord
Exploitative property owner
A slum lord is a landlord who owns deteriorating rental properties, typically in low-income areas, and neglects maintenance while extracting maximum rent from tenants.
The term is always disparaging, implying exploitation of vulnerable renters who have few housing options: The slum lord ignored the broken heating for months.
Also spelled as one word: slumlord.
- tenantOne who rents property
- evictionForced departure from rental
- housing courtTribunal for dwelling disputes
- rundownQuick overview of facts
- neglectFailure to provide care
building code · tenement · public housing · low income · roach · rat · mold · rent · rent control · security deposit · cash only · exploitation · housing · dilapidated · code · violation · greedy · cramped
- Crookscrook, swindler, fraudster, embezzler, con artist
- slumsshanty, shanties, shack, shacks, hovel
- Victorian povertyworkhouse, poorhouse, tenement, hovel, pauper
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- real estate investorsflipper, developer, house flipper, apartment owner, building owner