More than $28 million in American Rescue Plan Act-funded housing initiatives will be directed to improve properties through rehabilitation, expand homeownership opportunities and secure locations for affordable-housing development, Gov. John Carney announced Thursday.

The funding includes $9.9 million for Sussex County, as follows:

• National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund’s Land Bank — $4 million to purchase property in Sussex and Kent counties for affordable housing and $2.9 million to leverage $5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the development of 40 affordable rental units for poultry industry workers.
• Sussex Habitat for Humanity — $3 million to assist with the revitalization of Kimmeytown in Georgetown and with a plan that will construct approximately 27 affordable homes, plus additional smaller projects.

About $6.9 million will be doled out in Kent County, as follows:

• Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing — $5 million to develop three properties to address homelessness.
• Milford Housing Development Corp. — $1.9 million to assist nearly 70 individuals in achieving homeownership.

In New Castle County, $11.5 million will be given to the following projects:

• Todmorden Foundation/Woodlawn Trustees — $4.5 million to provide older adults in Wilmington additional affordable-housing options.
• Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank — $4.5 million to address blight and provide revitalization to the houses around the new Bancroft School.
• Wilmington Housing Authority — $1.5 million to rehabilitate homes and confront blight.
• Southbridge beautification — $1 million to address blight and provide repairs to more than 50 homes.