WILLIAMSPORT -- We first told you last year about plans for a $6.4 million affordable senior living facility in Williamsport.
The apartment complex was built in response to the rise in housing costs because of the natural gas industry.
John and Connie Shaible have made the move out of their family home in Williamsport and into an apartment.
"It's an adjustment," said Connie Shaible. "I really like my home, but it was becoming too much."
Their new place is less than a block away on Grove Street.
The Shiables aren't the only ones making the move.
Newswatch 16 first showed you plans for this senior housing complex last year.
With this dedication, the brand new $6.4 million building that has 32 apartments is officially open.
"So far, I'm happy," said John Shaible. "We even have a garden out there."
Senior citizens 62 and up have started to apply and move into the place built especially for them.
'We've got a library, a community room. There are a couple of rooms I haven't been in," John added.
This building is part of a larger project in Lycoming County, built so people in Williamsport can find affordable housing without moving out of the area.
"There was an impact of the Marcellus shale with all of the influx of gas employees coming into the county," said Mike Fisher, SEDA-COG chief of housing.
Fisher tells Newswatch16 the project was partially funded with money from the natural gas impact fee.
"The fact that we are almost fully occupied and we still have a waiting list demonstrates we still have a need besides the Marcellus shale. The Marcellus shale just made it worse," said Fisher.
Connie and John were able to move in, but there are many more people who are waiting to call this senior complex on the east end of town their new home.
There is a waiting list for the senior housing complex in Williamsport.
SEDA-COG does have another affordable senior housing complex planned in Clinton County. That project could be approved sometime in July.