A fork of Rural Dictionary
A rich person who over charges a run property to low income families. Neglecting the property, and tenants. Who uses the rental payments for their own personal needs instead of maintaining the property.
A slum lord would rather go skiing in Aspen with your rent, instead of fixing the broken roof. 2. My slum lords really dont care if the furnace broke in January. They replaced it with another broken one when they got back from Hawaii in April.
1. Describes an individual owning and providing rental property to a tenant. (Noun)
2. Sometimes also used as a derogatory term for someone in definition number 1 when that person does not provide care and maintenance for the property they own and profit from. (Noun)
"Rod is the perfect slum lord. Nothing in his building works right, and he won't invest the money to have anything fixed or replaced."
People who own property and rent it out to low income people for more than the property is worth and never bother to keep the rentals up to health code standards. Rich people who make their money victimizing low income families.
We asked the land lord to fix the leaky water faucet, and get rid of the cockroaches, but he won't do it; the guy is just another 21st century slum lord.
Slum Lord = slum→an area best described as deprived of money(s). Lord→ some one who owns land, as the main purpose is in regards to financial return.
Financially embarrassed is not a reason to live in an decapitated house owned by a slum lord.