CLAIRTON (KDKA) - An affordable housing development is opening in Clairton.

The new Clairton Inn Apartments are located at the corner of St. Clair and Miller avenues. They're a public-private partnership to remove blight and improve the area.

Non-profit "Mon Valley Initiative" is offering 49 one, two, and three-bedroom apartments as well as commercial and retail space.

The first tenants are expected to move in next month.

"This is a shot in the arm for the city of Clairton," said Mayor Richard Lattanzi. "$17 million in this development project is just wonderful for us and I thank god and all the people involved. It took four or five years for this to come to fruition."

The project included restoring the Clairton Inn Hotel - one of the oldest buildings in the city.

Several rundown buildings on Miller Avenue were also removed.