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Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg

President & CEO at Carrfour Supportive Housing
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Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg is the President and CEO of Carrfour Supportive Housing, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending homelessness by developing and operating permanent supportive housing. With over 20 years of leadership at Carrfour, Berman-Eisenberg has been at the forefront of providing housing solutions for the most vulnerable populations in Florida, particularly individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness, veterans, and those with disabilities. Under her leadership, Carrfour has grown into the largest nonprofit provider of permanent supportive housing in Florida, serving thousands of individuals annually.

Berman-Eisenberg's career is marked by her deep commitment to addressing the root causes of homelessness through housing stability and self-sufficiency. She has overseen the development of numerous affordable housing communities across Florida, pioneering models that integrate supportive services tailored to residents' needs. These services, which focus on wellness, mental health, employment, and income maximization, are designed to help residents achieve lasting housing stability.

Her work has made a significant impact in shaping community and state-level housing policies, and she remains actively engaged with local Continuum of Care (CoC) networks to ensure her organization's efforts align with broader goals of reducing homelessness. Berman-Eisenberg’s leadership extends beyond Carrfour, as she is a recognized figure in the field of supportive housing, with close collaboration with various government agencies, non-profits, and stakeholders working to tackle homelessness​​​​.

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  • Commercial Property Executive

    “Our goal is to provide families the foundation for a fresh start and to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals in search of an affordable place to call home,” Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg, president and CEO of Carrfour, told Commercial Property Executive.

    In every major metropolitan area across the U.S., the pool of housing for low-income families is sorely limited and the availability of options for those in the lower low-income bracket is even less adequate. Parkview is now playing a small but significant role in Miami-Dade County’s quest to fill the gap. “What’s unique about Carrfour’s communities is that we specifically set the rent rates low–lower than other affordable housing developments–to target extremely low-income individuals and families in desperate need of affordable housing,” Berman-Eisenberg said.

    https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/doors-of-60-unit-affordable-housing-complex-open-in-miami/

  • Florida Trend

    “Everything comes back to housing,” says Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg, CEO of Carrfour Supportive Housing, a Miami non-profit that provides housing for the formerly homeless and others at the bottom-most rung. “It seems like if we could figure out how to keep people in housing, a lot of our other community problems would be solved.”

    https://www.floridatrend.com/article/29946/how-to-solve-floridas-large-scale-affordable-housing-crisis

  • Affordable Housing Finance

    “Dr. Alice Moore Apartments offers residents who are living with mental illness the promise of a brighter future by supplying them with wide-ranging and thorough supportive services within a safe and affordable housing community they can be proud to call home,” says Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg, Carrfour’s president and CEO.

    The development is the nonprofit’s first outside of Miami-Dade County, where it has 21 supportive housing projects and two under development.

    Berman-Eisenberg credits the city of West Palm Beach for the project from start to finish. City officials invited the nonprofit to explore potential sites and stood by its side throughout the development process when it encountered neighborhood NIMBY opposition, which delayed the project and added costs.

    “When we come into a new community, we have to do a lot of educating and work to get that support,” she says. “The city was a strong advocate for Carrfour and for this development. Without a doubt, this wouldn’t have been completed without the unwavering support. It’s what a community should act like in serving the most vulnerable.”

    https://www.housingfinance.com/developments/florida-project-provides-a-brighter-future-for-formerly-homeless_o

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