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Housing of new immigrants

On 26 November 2007, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) published a report (The housing pathways of new immigrants) which explores the arrival experiences and settlement stories of new immigrants.

The study focuses on the housing experiences of new immigrants and considers the consequences of their arrival for local housing markets and neighbourhoods. Rich insights are gathered through in-depth, qualitative interviews with new immigrants living in Sheffield.

The study explores their:

• housing options and choices, and their experiences of living in different situations;
• perspectives on different places and the importance of residential location to their experience of living in the UK;
• engagement and interaction with the housing system and resulting patterns of residential mobility and immobility.

It finds that, rather than taking much-needed housing from local residents, new immigrants tend to fill voids in the housing stock left behind or rejected by other households.

The report outlines the policy challenges raised by the research.

The housing pathways of new immigrants