The nonprofit Institute for Justice will appeal the loss of a lawsuit it filed for Black property owners over Ocean Springs’ ...

Urban informal settlements, often referred to as slums, are a significant aspect of urbanization in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These areas are characterized by inadequate housing ...

Slum tourism, a controversial practice where tourists visit impoverished urban areas, has gained attention for its complex relationship with urban poverty. This phenomenon raises questions about ...

The lawsuit pitted Black property owners in the historic Railroad District downtown against the city of Ocean Springs.

Today we head back to Indianapolis with the podcast Urban Roots. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ms. Jean Spears was a young mother and burgeoning preservationist. She saved antiques from houses about to be ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading ...

The lawsuit was issued back in 2023 over the city labeling properties that were included in the plan as blighted or slum. “The initial Urban Renewal ... sticking to that neighborhood,” Gipson ...

The Railroad District, a historic area of downtown settled by Black residents, was one of six areas the Board of Aldermen included in urban renewal districts that the city declared “slum or ...