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Recent Examples of slumlord
While crammed in tiny apartments, Black families struggled with slumlords and poor living conditions.
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Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
What Safdie and Fielder have created on Curse, at least on the surface level, is a sharp, unstinting satire of White privilege and guilt (Whitney is constantly having to distance herself from her parents, who are widely regarded as slumlords).
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
Whitney is the daughter of a pair of local slumlords (played by Corbin Bernsen and Constance Shulman).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
Rodents, mold and trash:Louisville housing agency a ‘slumlord,’ council member says
Reach reporter Bailey Loosemore at bloosemore@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4646 or on Twitter @bloosemore.
—The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2023
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Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
What Safdie and Fielder have created on Curse, at least on the surface level, is a sharp, unstinting satire of White privilege and guilt (Whitney is constantly having to distance herself from her parents, who are widely regarded as slumlords).
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
Whitney is the daughter of a pair of local slumlords (played by Corbin Bernsen and Constance Shulman).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
Rodents, mold and trash:Louisville housing agency a ‘slumlord,’ council member says
Reach reporter Bailey Loosemore at bloosemore@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4646 or on Twitter @bloosemore.
—The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlord
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Some landlords are now sharply raising rent, even beyond what temporary price gouging protections allow.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The fact that landlords are not responsible for their tenants’ personal effects may lead some landlords to believe that the decision to purchase renters insurance is the tenant’s business.Ryan Barone, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Newsom sent a letter on Friday inviting the incoming president to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in thanking first responders.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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His teammates and coaches brace for the whistle — after all, by the letter of the NBA rulebook, these are fouls.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The average monthly rent for these matches is $609, but some lessors provide rooms in exchange for services, such as help with yard work, meal preparation, housekeeping and companionship.Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
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For the part of its fleet that's leased, the lessor will retain possession and will be free to re-lease to Spirit or another airline, depending on what offers are on the table.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Nov. 2024
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Only in recent years has the musician, who was formerly a perennial renter, begun to buy progressively more lavish residences.Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Turo said in a statement Thursday afternoon that the vehicles' renters had valid driver's licenses and clean background checks and that they were honorably discharged from the U.S. military.Rob Wile, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
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There is nothing in them that a landowner shouldn’t want.Joshua Stein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Chandler began to resemble a proper community after those landowners came to town, but still had only three wooden buildings: a townsite office, a dining hall and the Morrison Grocery store.Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Slumlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumlord. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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