urban renewal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

urban renewal
    n 1: the clearing and rebuilding and redevelopment of urban
         slums

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "urban renewal":
      assembly-line housing, billeting, domiciliation, doss, face-lift,
      furbishment, hospitality, housing, housing bill,
      housing development, housing problem, living quarters, lodging,
      lodgment, lower-income housing, quartering, reconditioning,
      refreshment, refurbishment, renewal, renovation, retread,
      retreading, slum clearance, subdivision, tract,
      transient lodging