This report presents an overview of the experiences of Pakistani new immigrants in Sheffield interviewed as part of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation funded project exploring the housing experiences of new immigrants during the first five years of settlement in the UK. In-depth qualitative interviews were undertaken with 39 new immigrants, including 10 Pakistani people – six women and four men aged between 24 and 43 years old. All were married, nine out of 10 were living with their spouse and six had dependent children. At the time of the interview, four out of 10 were living with family members who owned the property, four were living in private rented accommodation, one person was living in a refuge and one person was living with his wife in a house that she owned. Seven arrived into the UK on a Spouse Visa and three people entered as migrant workers. Sheffield was not a major destination for people arriving into the UK from the Caribbean, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan during the post-war period, compared to other industrial towns in the North and Midlands of England, but people from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan did move into the city, resulting in the emergence of established and long-standing populations. The Pakistani population has continued to grow through chain migration, and according to the 2001 Census of Population is the largest single minority ethnic group in Sheffield. he residential circumstances (housing and neighbourhoods situations) of Pakistani new immigrants arriving into the UK on a Spouse Visa reflected their reliance on their spouse (and often his or her family) for a place to live Pakistani migrant workers stayed with family or friends upon first arriving in the UK, before moving into private rented accommodation no Pakistani new immigrants had entered the social rented sector, reflecting their restricted right of access to welfare benefits, including social housing. Three particular problems were evident within the housing experiences of respondents: insecurity, poor living conditions and overcrowding. Seven out of 10 Pakistani respondents were living in accommodation owned by their spouse or their spouse’s family.