In a narrow alley in Dharavi slum in Mumbai, sewing machines hum as workers in Abdul Kadir Ansari’s small tailoring workshop turn out garments for women. Ansari aspires to develop his four-year ...

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the largest slum population in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis, you can directly go to the 5 Countries with the ...

But in coastal Mississippi, a city has labeled properties a blighted slum in order to advance its vision of development. Faye Payton’s grandparents, Herbert and Merlissis Thurman, literally ...

The film "Housing Problems" addresses the dire conditions of slum housing in England and the struggles faced by families living in these environments. It features testimonies from residents who ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard puppet animals ...

Today, 85% of the world’s slum-dwelling population is concentrated in Asia and Africa, leading many to believe that countries in the developed world have no slums.