Essay On Urban Slums

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UNDP
Urban Slums
Democratic Republic of the Congo
GETTING THE SLUMS OUT OF THEIR SLUMP
I. Topic Background
Urban slums have been around since cities came to be. A slum is a housing area that has deteriorated. They provide housing for low wager earning workers whom tend to by migrants. They also are everywhere. They are usually caused when the occupants of an area leave and the empty buildings are turned into makeshift apartments. The rent slowly goes down do to overcrowding to the point that the rent can’t cover the upkeep cost. It is at this point that the house slowly falls to ruin. The problem is that the amount of slums is growing and there is little opportunity to escape the slums.
II. United Nations Involvement
The UN has many enishitives to help urban slums. The UNDP, UN Habitat, United Nations Housing Rights Program (UNHRP) are some of them. The UNHRP was launched in April 2002, as a joint initiative by UN-HABITAT and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The substantive focus of the program is grounded in the Habitat Agenda which sta...

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