Overview
- The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country held a briefing Tuesday in Kerrville to show the Mariposa Community, a 10‑home development for flood survivors that is nearly ready for move‑in.
- The foundation says it has spent $82 million on recovery so far, directing 43% to housing, and reports 130 families permanently rehoused, 98 families nearly complete, and about 180 households in temporary housing.
- Only 138 of 641 cases have been closed by the foundation, which has 32 case managers working with survivors and has pledged $50 million for housing with $35 million used and $15 million remaining.
- Survivor groups pressed Kerr County commissioners to secure more state and federal funds, extend rental assistance including past‑due rent, and create a bilingual, centralized recovery resource website with a requested response within days.
- Advocates and foundation leaders say housing is central to recovery because it affects access to mental‑health care, jobs and schooling, and they will monitor the foundation’s one‑year wrap‑up and the county’s follow‑up for signs the remaining gaps will close.