Collocations for slum - noun

crowded, overcrowded, teeming | deprived, poor, poverty-stricken | filthy | notorious | city, inner-city, urban | tenement | rural

clear (away), demolish, knock down, remove

conditions | area, district, ghetto, neighbourhood, street | dwelling, housing, property | clearance | children, kids, dwellers, youths | life | landlord

in a/the ~
born in the slums of East London

the clearance/demolition/removal of slums