urban renewal
noun
: a construction program to replace or restore substandard buildings in an urban area
Examples of urban renewal in a Sentence
an area undergoing urban renewal
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The project is expected to make use of historic tax credits, which are available for historic building rehabs, and a temporary property tax cap through the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, part of the city’s urban renewal agency.
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
In Tulsa, dispossession unfolded not as a single event, but instead through the denial of insurance claims, the exclusion from public programs, the removal of homes through urban renewal, and decades of political pressure not to speak.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Sagan turned the paper into a force for investigative reporting during a time of racial change, urban renewal and housing discrimination on Chicago's South Side.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The resulting decay made living in downtown areas of many cities undesirable and triggered urban renewal projects.
—Peter Müllner, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
In Tulsa, dispossession unfolded not as a single event, but instead through the denial of insurance claims, the exclusion from public programs, the removal of homes through urban renewal, and decades of political pressure not to speak.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Sagan turned the paper into a force for investigative reporting during a time of racial change, urban renewal and housing discrimination on Chicago's South Side.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The resulting decay made living in downtown areas of many cities undesirable and triggered urban renewal projects.
—Peter Müllner, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urban renewal
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“Urban renewal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20renewal. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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