06/18/2026
30 Years of H.E.L.P.
Thirty years ago, on June 18th 1996, a seed was planted in Central Florida with a simple but powerful belief: that every individual and family deserves the opportunity to live prosperously.
What began as a vision in 1996 has grown into three decades of housing counseling, financial education, foreclosure prevention, homeownership, and now affordable housing development. Helping Everyone Live Prosperously Community Development Corporation (H.E.L.P. CDC) has sat across the table from thousands of families, in their best moments and their most difficult ones, and we have been honored to walk with them through every step.
We have seen first-time homebuyers become homeowners. We have seen families stop foreclosures and save the homes they built their lives in. We have seen seniors protect the equity they worked a lifetime to earn. We have seen communities begin to change, one household at a time.
None of this happened alone. It happened because of the clients who trusted us with their most important financial decisions. The partners, lenders, realtors, legal advocates, and community organizations who believed in the work. The staff, past and present, who showed up every single day with commitment and heart. And the community that has embraced us and helped us grow.
Thirty years is not just a number. It is thousands of families, relationships built on trust, and a legacy still being written.
We are just getting started.
Here's to 30 years, and to everything still ahead.
