To fast-track the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums and move toward a slum-free city, the Maharashtra government has issued a new order stating that individual slum-dwellers’ consent will no longer be ...

More than half of residents living in Mumbai’s crowded slums may have contracted coronavirus and are likely being infected at a much higher rate than those not living in slum areas, a new study has ...

Major Fire Breaks Out in Slum Area of South Korea's Gangnam District SEOUL, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Nearly ‌300 South Korean firefighters ‌were deployed on Friday to fight a major fire in a deprived area ...

In its effort to reduce the number of slums by five per cent annually in Lagos State, Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency (LASURA) has concluded plans to begin the regeneration of slum areas in Bariga ...

According to Global Wealth Report 2015, half of world’s wealth is now in the hands of 1% of population. In Manila, the Philippines’s capital, there is also a deep divide between the rich and the poor.

We have race to-the-top competitions in education and I'm advocating such a race in urban renewal in slum areas. I'm saying that we can have grants to stimulate growth in slum areas. We've had trickle ...

People look on to the slum that burnt out in Dhaka People look on to the slum that burnt out in Dhaka DHAKA (Reuters) - About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as ...