The graphs delineate the proportion of housing owned and rented by four different forms in the UK in 1991 and 2007.
Overall, there were fewer homes in 1991 than in 2007. Owning a home had the most significant proportion by far in both years. Also, while the figure for the home owner experienced an upward trend, private renting remained unchanged, and all others had a downward trend.
In 1991, there were 22 million homes, a number that increased marginally to 27 million homes in the next 6 years.
The two most common forms of house living in 1991 were home owning and social renting, with 60% and 23% respectively. Starting as the most popular category, home owning continued to rise noticeably by 10 percentage points to 70% in 2007, making it one of the most notable changes. By contrast, social renting underwent a steep fall to 17% in 2007. However, it was still the second highest in general.
According to the remaining smaller segments, even though social housing forms saw a minimal decline, by 4 percentage points, it was only 2% left in 2007. In addition, private renting was the only category that witnessed the unchanged pattern, staying at exactly 11% in both years.