squatter settlements
Unauthorized makeshift neighborhoods
Squatter settlements are informal housing areas built by people who occupy land they don't own or have legal rights to.
These communities typically lack official recognition and basic infrastructure—running water, sewage, electricity.
They emerge on urban peripheries in developing countries where affordable housing is scarce: Squatter settlements ringed the capital.
Also called shantytowns, favelas, or informal settlements.
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
- slumImpoverished urban district
- makeshift homesImprovised temporary dwellings
- povertySevere lack of resources
- shackCrudely built hut
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squatter settlementsplanned communities
Prearranged residential neighborhoods
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squatter settlementsgated communities
Enclosed neighborhoods with controlled access
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squatter settlementshomeownership
Legally possessing residential property
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