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How these slum dwellers went from one-room shacks to beautiful new apartments
NPRSaturday, August 1, 2026 at 11:14 AM
RedScroll Brief
It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.
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- World
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- Why it matters
- This story shapes how governments, markets, and the public read the international order today. It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building. Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Slum and Dwellers.
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What happened
It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.
Why it matters
This story shapes how governments, markets, and the public read the international order today.
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NPR published: How these slum dwellers went from one-room shacks to beautiful new apartments
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Economic impact
Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Slum and Dwellers.
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