The Elizabethton Housing and Development Agency is among 3,200 public housing agencies receiving housing grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Public Housing Capital Fund.

The Elizabethton agency will receive $685,599. Other agencies in the First District awarded funding include: Johnson City Housing Authority — $1,162,264, Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority — $1,042,383, Morristown Housing Authority — $1,415,019, Rogersville Housing Authority — $367,681, Greeneville Housing Authority — $782,311, Sevierville Housing Authority — $421,558, Bristol Housing — $586,559, and Erwin Housing Authority — $121,866.

The funding was announced by Congressman Phil Roe’s office earlier this week.

“I am very pleased that housing authorities in the First District will be receiving a total of over $7.2 million in critical public housing funding. These capital fund grants will assist the development and maintenance for our public housing, which provides housing for low-income families, elderly and those with disabilities. I know our housing authorities are doing great work to ensure so many in our district have access to affordable housing, and this funding will allow them to continue doing this important work,” Roe said.