unsafe housing
Risky living quarters
Housing that poses risks to occupants' health, safety, or well-being.
Unsafe housing may have structural problems like crumbling foundations or faulty wiring, environmental hazards like mold or lead paint, or lack basic necessities like heat or running water.
The term appears in public health discussions, tenant advocacy, and housing policy: The city condemned the building as unsafe housing.
What qualifies varies by jurisdiction and enforcement.
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- falling apartGradually breaking into pieces
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
- slumImpoverished urban district
- moldForm-giving container
unfit for habitation · black mold · health hazard · crumbling · structural damage · eviction · rent strike · overcrowded · rats · lead paint · asbestos · leaky · drafty · no heat · hazard · blight · tenement · rundown
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
- labor abusewage theft, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, worker exploitation, withheld wages