In high-cost markets, hospital staff increasingly earn too much to qualify for housing aid yet too little to afford a home near work. The strain lands on operations: longer commutes, harder recruiting, higher turnover and rising labor costs.
The scale is hard to ignore. A Center for Housing Policy study of 210 metro areas found that in Long Island, medical billing clerks would spend over half their income to rent a two-bedroom at market rate. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce expects the sector to add more than 3.3 million jobs over seven years — workers who will all need somewhere to live.
A growing number of systems are responding. Tampa General Hospital, Corewell Health and LSU Health Sciences Center have each partnered with a private developer to build attainable housing near their campuses, with priority for their own employees.
Inside this whitepaper, you’ll learn:
- How to assess your workforce’s need for attainable housing
- How to put excess land or buildings to use for housing
- How to work with local governments to speed approvals and unlock incentives
- What a turnkey developer partnership takes off your plate