TGH and USF Health workforce housing complex celebrates groundbreaking

A housing development for Tampa General Hospital and USF Health employees is officially underway in Brandon. The complex, called the Linden, will be Hillsborough County's first workforce housing community sponsored by a healthcare employer.The 170-unit complex will be built by private housing developer The Michaels Organization and residential architecture firm Urban Practice on land owned by TGH. It's slated to open to eligible healthcare workers by summer 2028. The $60 million public-private partnership, which used the Live Local Act to streamline public approval, also received $12.5 million from the State's Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) funds and $2 million from Hillsborough County, according to a TGH press release. On Monday, hospital and government leaders gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the workforce housing site. Tampa General CEO and president John Couris said the project is designed to help insulate employees from the downsides of a growing metro area — li