{"id":394504,"date":"2018-01-24T05:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T05:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=394504"},"modified":"2018-01-24T08:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T08:41:58","slug":"ghanas-housing-crisis-cost-construction-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/ghanas-housing-crisis-cost-construction-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s housing crisis: Cost of construction escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of accommodation in Ghana continues to rise over the years due to the increasing cost of building materials.<\/p>\n<p>Coupled with this is the depreciation of the cedi which has an impact on the total cost involved in building a house in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In the second of our new series dubbed,\u00a0<strong>&#8221;Ghana&#8217;s housing crisis&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0which focuses on the industry&#8217;s problems and how they can be solved, we examine the increasing cost of in building a house in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/citi97-3\/ghanas-housing-crisis-cost-of-building-risesmp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to listen to the full audio report.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/388095239&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Arthur Arthur\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of accommodation in Ghana continues to rise over the years due to the increasing cost of building materials. 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