A Collaborative Approach to Housing and Community Renewal

Carlton Lofts will provide a nurturing space for up to 40 individuals, featuring micro apartments equipped with a kitchenette, bathroom, and fully furnished living and sleeping quarters. The facility also includes two community dining areas, an exercise facility, a reading/community room, and computer labs converted from former nurses’ stations. The hallways are adorned with prints by Wassily Kandinsky, whose abstract paintings attempt to convey feelings and concepts that traditional representational art cannot capture. This intense focus on inner experience suggests a heightened sensitivity to emotional and psychological states, aligning with the supportive and healing environment Carlton Lofts aims to provide. The exterior features a mural by Ellen Rutt, designed to inspire hope and a sense of belonging.

Vera Beech, Executive Director of Community Rebuilders, stated, “Carlton Lofts reflects Eenhoorn and Community Rebuilders’ dedication to fostering long-term stability and well-being for those in immediate need of housing. We commend our partners for supporting this innovative approach to provide stable housing for those unhoused.”

Paulus C. Heule, CEO of Eenhoorn LLC, emphasized the importance of community collaboration, saying, “It takes community collaboration to help tackle the complex issue of those unhoused and to address this critical community need. We believe it is important for us to support the mission of providing housing to our community’s most vulnerable through the work of Community Rebuilders.”