The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of owned and rented

houses

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between 1918 and 2011. The vertical axis represents the proportion of households

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the horizontal axis stands for years.

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, at the beginning, renting accommodation was almost 4 times higher than owning

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however

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, by the end of the period, owning

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became as much as twice than renting. From 1918 to 1971, the percentage of families

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which borrowed their homes

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gradually fell, but stayed higher than households

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which had their own homes at their disposal. At

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period, owned accommodation had constantly risen and became the same as rented in 1971, 50

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for each. After equal proportions,

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a stable growth of owned

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occurred, rented homes decreased steadily over the next three decades.

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of the period, the general trend stopped, households, which had their own house, slightly dropped from 69% to approxmately 64%, and rented

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showed a quite

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significant increase

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