Kingsport Organization Shows Off One Of Its Two New Supportive Living Homes

The house is going to work out great for three Kingsport women and be much better than the homes they currently live in.It's one story, three bedrooms with a huge kitchen and living room area. The two bathrooms are earthtone tiled.The women, two younger and one older, have intellectual or development disabilities and rely on Frontier Health — the region's largest provider of behavioral and mental health services — for support, such as with the cooking of meals and transportation needs.Now, through a partnership with local, state and federal housing agencies, the women are in a much better situation.The Greater Kingsport Alliance for Development (the non-profit arm of the Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday to showcase one of its two new supportive living homes.The new homes, located on Tennessee and Roberton streets, were funded primarily through a $500,000 grant from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency.