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Shortage of housing has given several social consequences. Only government who can solve the problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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The bar chart compares what are the things that
families
 spent their salary on in a week between 1968 and 2018.
Overall
,
families
 spent the most on
food
 in both 1968 and 2018,
also
 housing had taken a significant part in their income per week.
Moreover
, Fuel and power always had a least spent throughout the
years
. Household goods were the same after 50
years
. In detail,
food
 took a huge amount of money in
families
 spending a week in 1968, with 35% of their income. In 2018, spending on
food
 was moderate, not the highest like in 1968 because their divided spending for leisure and housing as well,
food
 was only 17% and leisure was the most with over 22% of
families
' weekly income.
On the other hand
, the Fuel and power category was always low-spent because it was not as necessary compared to other things that
families
 had to pay for, it only took 6% in 1968 and 4% in 2018.
Moreover
, Clothing and footwear was 10% in 1968 and downed to 5% in the next 50
years
. Personal goods decreased from 7% to 4% between 1968 to 2018 as well. The only category that maintained
families
' spending was household goods, it remained at 8% of
families
' spending over many
years
.
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