An owner of slum property, especially one that overcharges tenants and allows the property to deteriorate.
Yo, my slum lord T to the J Smitty painted over the mold on my walls to fix it ... At least he picked a nice color.
by polarbigi December 20, 2006
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.
by Ralph Douglas July 9, 2015
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.
by Merrily McCarthy July 18, 2003
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.
by badblock February 20, 2016
(Not to be confused with slum lord): the most "socio-economically" affluent tenant of a given slum or shanty town.
by Sexydimma November 18, 2014
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)
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."
by Wordistopheles April 1, 2014
my slum lord rented me and my family a home w/sewage leaking out the back of the trailor,and no boby seems to care when i told him about it he said he had to pop a hole in the line and to just put somemore duck tape around it and it would b ok.
by destiny January 12, 2004