KERRVILLE, Texas — Disaster case managers have sprung back into action, helping residents reset after another flood in Kerrville. “Many more homes were affected. But fortunately, less lives lost,” said disaster case manager Beth Palmer. Another summer flood means the long recovery process continues in the Texas Hill Country. “Families and individuals, their recovery was […]
Category: Housing
CFTHC launches local temporary housing assistance program
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced that temporary housing assistance is now available to flood-affected households in Kerr County and Comfort as the region continues to recover from the July 16, 2026, flood. The Temporary Housing Assistance Program will provide up to three months of assistance for eligible households through a $967,575 […]
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country launches temporary housing assistance for 2026 flood survivors
On Friday, Sept. 4, The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced that temporary housing assistance is available to flood-affected households in Kerr County and Comfort as the region continues to recover from the July 16 flood. The Temporary Housing Assistance Program will provide up to three months of assistance for eligible households through […]
Airbnb.org Donates Emergency Housing for Disaster Relief
Sarah Sherr woke to the smell of smoke at 3:30 a.m. on January 8, 2025. Pregnant, she was two weeks from her due date. She shook her husband awake, packed up their malamute and border collie, and drove away from their West Altadena home before he even had time to put on a shirt. By […]
Habitat for Humanity Kerr County went from building 3 houses a year to rebuilding 30. Most of them held in the second flood.
On Monday, Aug. 24, the final family displaced by the July 4, 2025, flood will move into a new home built by Habitat for Humanity of Kerr County. The furniture went in Thursday. The Arcadia Recovery Collaboration and Four Premier Properties served as the design team for the final interior install. Baylee Parks, Habitat’s Community […]
The flood took her rental. The community helped her buy a house
KERRVILLE, Texas — Valerie Tucker woke to pounding on the front door at 2:30 a.m. She and her husband had been asleep in their rental home in Hunt, Texas, right along the Guadalupe River. It was July 4, 2025, and the homeowner’s son came to tell them the river was rising rapidly. “‘We gotta go. […]
Rebuilding homes
The 2025 summer floods that impacted the Hill Country took over 100 lives and left many that survived unhoused. As this part of Texas dealt with more torrential rains in July of this year, most of the damage the floods caused this time was structural, impacting again hundreds of homes and businesses. One nonprofit organization […]
In a year, over 200 in permanent, 600 in temporary housing in Texas Hill Country
(The Center Square) – As Hill Country residents continue to press forward after the one-year anniversary of the July 4 flood disaster, communities are continuing to rebuild. This includes hundreds returning to permanent housing after hundreds more received temporary housing. So far, 130 households have returned to permanent housing. Another 98 households are also “actively […]
A year on, Habitat Kerr County expects 30 flood-impacted families home
A year after the July 4 flood, Habitat for Humanity Kerr County expects to have 30 flood-impacted families back in their homes by the anniversary, the nonprofit said. The work has ranged from major repairs to complete rebuilds and new construction across Kerrville, Center Point and Comfort. Ten of the 30 families are moving into […]
Over 200 Hill Country families finding new homes
TEXAS — On the cusp of the first anniversary since the Guadalupe River tore through Kerr County, “normal” is not what this community is feeling. However, a new future is starting to take shape. The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced this week that 228 families have received help with temporary housing and finding […]