This report explores the arrival experiences and settlement stories of new immigrants to the United Kingdom. Researchers interviewed newcomers to the U.K. from Liberia, Pakistan, Poland and Somalia, exploring immigrant housing options and choices, and their experiences of living in different situations, the importance of residential location to their settlement experience, and engagement and interaction with the housing system and resulting patterns of residential mobility and immobility. The report also discusses the relationship between family change or family breakdown and the newcomers’ housing experiences.
