The huge volume of people migrating to cities has caused many problems. New arrivals to the city build their own houses out of basic materials such as tarpaulin, corrugated sheets and broken ...

A large fire destroyed hundreds of homes in a shanty town area in Manila in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Villa 31, in the heart of the City of Buenos Aires Over two million people live in a thousand shanty towns in the surroundings of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires in conditions of extreme ...

ABACO residents are urging the government to clear debris from demolished shanty towns, claiming the rubble is fueling fires that pose serious health hazards to nearby communities. Last week ...

Michael Piga placed 15 sticks of dynamite inside an outhouse turned shanty behind a home at 300 Market St., in the Cork Lane section of Pittston Township.

The huge volume of people migrating to cities has caused many problems. New arrivals to the city build their own houses out of basic materials such as tarpaulin, corrugated sheets and broken ...