At the same time, affordable housing and other fair resolutions to Karachi's housing problems are not on the government's agenda, meaning slums will continue to pop up. The provincial government ...

Ahead of the Delhi Assembly election, the AAP, BJP, and Congress have sharpened their pitch on slums and are courting the city's over three million slum dwellers. The residents of the 675 slums in ...

The almost three lakh households in Delhi’s 675 slums and 1,700 jhuggi-jhopri (JJ) clusters, or unauthorised colonies, make up almost 10% of the electorate and, as a result of their sheer size, form ...

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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.

"The PM said that all public welfare schemes will continue and the poor will get permanent houses... Yesterday also the Home Minister said that slum dwellers will get ...

NEW DELHI: With Delhi’s assembly elections drawing near, the BJP is stepping up its efforts to engage voters in slum areas, especially those from Poorvanchal regions. Recognising these areas as ...

Former Uganda Cranes defender Henry Kalungi continued his annual tradition of spreading holiday cheer, hosting a Christmas luncheon for underprivileged children residing in Kampala’s Katanga and ...

These compelling photos provide a peek into Birmingham's history, revealing the grim reality of life in slum dwellings. Years ago, a substantial portion of the city's inhabitants resided in slums ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday handed over the keys of newly constructed flats for slum dwellers in north-west Delhi’s Ashok Vihar to 1,675 beneficiaries. During the ceremony ...

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event, two of the beneficiaries, who received the flats, spoke to India Today TV and narrated their story and shared how they used to live in tough conditions in ...

Over one lakh ineligible slum-dwellers in Dharavi, along with 60,000 eligible residents from before 2007, will now be given homes under Dharavi’s redevelopment plan, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath ...