This historic briefing paper was published by HUD’s Office of International Affairs as part of a series of research summaries on the housing and urban development profiles of foreign nations. This report describes the economy, settlement patterns, and housing programs of the United Kingdom, and was intended for use as a reference by urban researchers. The information used in the preparation of this paper was retrieved from HUD’s Foreign Information Retrieval System, HUDFIRS.

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.