DC Faith-Based Legacy Challenge™
Preserving Homeownership. Protecting Generational Wealth. Strengthening Communities.
What if we could reach a homeowner before a housing challenge becomes a crisis?
The DC Faith-Based Legacy Challenge™ is a citywide initiative led by Elevation Legacy Counseling™ to help seniors and longtime homeowners understand their options, reach trusted guidance earlier, and connect with the right resources before making major decisions about their homes.
Why This Challenge Matters
Many DC homeowners are not struggling because resources do not exist. The challenge is often not knowing:
- Where to begin
- Which issue should be addressed first
- Who to trust
- Which resources apply to their situation
- How one housing decision may affect another
- How to address title or probate concerns
The goal of the DC Faith-Based Legacy Challenge™ is to help homeowners reach support earlier, understand the complete picture, and make more informed decisions.
Unsure what will happen to your home in the future?
A Trusted Place to Begin
Elevation Legacy Counseling™ helps homeowners understand the complete picture before making major decisions about their homes.
Our approach looks at three areas that often overlap:
Physical
Financial
Legal
Join The Challenge
Zion Baptist Church
Washington, DC
Who Is the Challenge For?
There is a role for everyone.Protecting homeownership requires more than one organization or one solution.
Why you matter
You already have trusted relationships with the people this initiative is trying to reach.
How you can help
Recognize when someone may need support, connect them to ELC, encourage your congregation to learn about homeownership preservation, and help champion the Challenge.
Why this matters to you
Major housing decisions can affect more than the property.
They can affect family stability, equity, financial security, and what is passed to the next generation.
How ELC can help
Start with a trusted assessment of the physical, financial, and legal issues affecting the home and understand the options available before deciding what comes next.
Why you matter
A homeowner may need help from more than one organization.
Your organization may provide an important piece of the solution.
How you can help
Help create a more connected referral network so residents can reach appropriate resources earlier and move between services more effectively.
Why you matter
Homeownership preservation depends on stronger connections between public resources, community institutions, professionals, and the residents they serve.
How you can help
Connect resources, strengthen collaboration, support outreach, and champion a coordinated approach to helping residents navigate housing challenges.
Why you matter
Trusted navigation and support require resources.
Sponsorship can help more seniors and longtime homeowners receive guidance before making consequential housing decisions.
How you can help
Support resident services, partner on community outreach, contribute resources, or help fund access to ELC support.
Frequently Asked Questions
No.
Faith communities are a central part of the Challenge, but the larger initiative brings together government, nonprofits, businesses, professionals, sponsors, community leaders, homeowners, families, and other organizations that can support homeownership preservation.
No.
Churches are not expected to become housing counselors, attorneys, contractors, or financial advisors.
Their role can be as simple as recognizing when someone needs support and connecting that person with ELC.
ELC begins by listening to the homeowner’s situation and looking at the physical, financial, and legal issues that may be affecting the home.
From there, ELC can help the homeowner understand their risks and options, develop a Housing Stabilization Roadmap™, and connect with appropriate trusted resources.
Yes.
Community organizations, housing organizations, legal professionals, businesses, financial institutions, senior-serving organizations, and other service providers can help strengthen the network through referrals, services, education, resources, and collaboration.
Yes.
Businesses, organizations, faith communities, and funders can help expand access to trusted navigation and services for seniors and longtime homeowners.
You do not need to wait until September 17.
Elevation Legacy Counseling can help you begin understanding your situation and identify potential next steps.
Help Protect a Legacy
Whether you are a homeowner looking for support, a faith leader ready to connect your congregation, an organization interested in partnering, or a sponsor ready to invest, there is a place for you in the Challenge.