Ark of Highland Lakes recently received a $400,000 donation from the Capital Area Housing Finance Corp. to help with ongoing flood recovery efforts in the Highland Lakes. It has been over two months since the Fourth of July weekend disaster, but costly work, estimated at around $4 million, still needs to be done, according to Ark leaders.

The major donation came from the CAHFC’s Disaster Fund, which was created in 2011 to help with recovery from the Bastrop County wildfires . Board members from Burnet, Caldwell, Bastrop, and Blanco counties each successfully applied for $100,000 to help fund Ark’s plans to repair and replace the homes of flood-impacted Burnet County residents.

This is the largest donation the CAHFC has ever made. The organization, founded in 1981, addresses workfo

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