As the world’s population climbs toward the 8.5 billion mark, there is the ever-present question of where some people are going to live. The answer for many, sadly, is this one: slums.

It is unfortunate that in New York and many other cities public housing has pre-empted not the worst but the best of the acknowledged slum areas -- that is, those favorably located on parks and ...

The mayor of capital Mamoudzou, Ambdilwahedou Soumaila, told the press that rescue workers expect many casualties in the rubble of the densely populated slums, especially in the hills above Mamoudzou.

Population growth and insufficient housing have led to the development of informal settlements or slums on city outskirts around the world. Over one billion people live in these settlements ...

At the Jan. 16 meeting of the Rotary Club of Tehachapi, the Club heard an interesting and inspiring presentation from Gem Munro, who has devoted his life and career to improving educational ...

Kenya is among the countries with the highest number of slums in the world. Its slums are rated by Unicef and UNDP as dwellings that pose extreme hardship to residents. It is estimated that 70 per ...

Most recently, in his crusade for decent housing, 33-year-old Danilo Dolci outraged official sensibilities with a book depicting the miseries of Palermo’s slum dwellers. Eight in a Bed.

As the Rio Olympics approach, a major issue has been security in a city where violence has long plagued hundreds of slums. The bloody reality was all-too-familiar to AP’s Rio staff: stories of ...

the coming of the World Bank-funded Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (Kisip) four years ago was a big relief for the Kwa Rhonda Slum residents. The objective of the Sh6 billion ...