substandard housing
Unsafe living conditions
Substandard housing is residential property that fails to meet basic standards of safety, sanitation, or habitability.
The term appears in policy discussions about building codes, health regulations, and poverty: The city condemned several blocks of substandard housing.
Common deficiencies include inadequate plumbing, faulty wiring, pest infestation, structural damage, or lack of heat.
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- dilapidationState of ruin
- run downDeteriorated through neglect
- falling apartGradually breaking into pieces
- rat trapsDevices for catching rodents
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- housing abuseslumlord, illegal eviction, rent gouging, lockout, illegal entry
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- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- urban lifesidewalks, neighborhood, apartments, skyline, buses
- homelessnesshomeless, homeless shelters, unhoused, homeless veterans, houseless
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Large, stately home
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