slumlords
Neglectful property owners
Slumlords are landlords who own and rent out substandard housing, typically in poor urban neighborhoods, while neglecting maintenance and repairs.
The term is always derogatory, implying someone who profits from desperate tenants while letting properties deteriorate: The slumlords ignored the broken heating and rat infestations.
The singular is slumlord.
Overcrowded urban dwellings
- apartmentsRented dwelling units
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
- complexesRelated buildings or neuroses
properties · rentals · flats · rooming houses · projects · inner-city · urban decay · blight
Property renters
- rent gougingExcessive housing cost increases
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- absenteeOne not in attendance
eviction · overcrowding · code violations · dilapidated · unsafe conditions · poverty · vulnerable · exploitation
Restorative maintenance work
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- heatingRaising temperature artificially
- moldForm-giving container
vermin · rats · cockroaches · bedbugs · leaks · broken windows · peeling paint · faulty wiring
Tribunal for dwelling disputes
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- lawsuitsLegal proceedings seeking remedy
- tenant rightsLessee's legal entitlements
advocacy · complaints · citations · injunctions · prosecution · regulations · enforcement · violations
tenements
Overcrowded urban dwellings
- apartmentsRented dwelling units
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
complexes · properties · rentals · flats · rooming houses · projects · inner-city · urban decay · blight · condemned
tenants
Property renters
- rent gougingExcessive housing cost increases
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
absentee · eviction · overcrowding · code violations · dilapidated · unsafe conditions · poverty · vulnerable · exploitation · profiteering
repairs
Restorative maintenance work
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- heatingRaising temperature artificially
mold · vermin · rats · cockroaches · bedbugs · leaks · broken windows · peeling paint · faulty wiring · fire hazards
housing court
Tribunal for dwelling disputes
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- lawsuitsLegal proceedings seeking remedy
tenant rights · advocacy · complaints · citations · injunctions · prosecution · regulations · enforcement · violations · penalties
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
- property ownershomeowners, owner, homeowner, landowner, property owner
slumlordsHabitat for Humanity
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