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Urbanisation has resulted, among other things, in the large-scale prevalence of slums, which are crowded habitations of urban poor, with a glaring lack of basic amenities. Affordable housing with essential amenities is one of the important Sustainable Development Goals, and it is imperative to resettle the urban poor from slums in order to achieve this goal. The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act of 1956 defines slum clearance as "the clearance of any slum area by the demolition and removal of buildings therefrom." In Tamil Nadu resettlement works are undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, which has constructed over 1.7 lakh storied tenements constructed for the resettlement of urban poor. Post resettlement in a new location, there are several economic and physical impacts on the resettled poor, but there are also several often-intangible social losses. This study aims at identifying the important factors underlying the social dimensions of resettlement of urban poor, and estimating their impact on their psyche and lives post relocation. A convenience sample of 112 residents resettled to a multi-storeyed tenement in Chennai were randomly selected as the sample for study and descriptive research design was used to gather primary data for analysis. Percentage analysis, mean scores and anova were used to analyse the results and arrive at conclusions about the impact of the factors that contribute to the shock of resettlement, and cause stress and trauma to the resettled people.