Alabama

Tax credit apartments in Birmingham, AL

HUD's database lists 29 properties in Birmingham built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 3,040 apartments, 2,813 of them income-restricted. Rents in those units are capped while each property's affordability agreement runs, and you qualify by income; many properties still keep waiting lists.

Equal housing opportunity. Tax credit properties must follow the Fair Housing Act, which bars discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin, and they may not refuse an applicant because the applicant holds a Housing Choice (Section 8) voucher (IRC 42(h)(6)(B)(iv)). Properties HUD lists as senior housing may limit who lives there by age only as the Fair Housing Act's housing-for-older-persons exemption allows. To report housing discrimination, call HUD at 1-800-669-9777.

LIHTC Atlas does not own, manage or rent these apartments and does not take applications. Contact each property's management for availability, rents and income rules. Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Avondale Gardens

4252 Third Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222

46 1BR, 6 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments: 64
Income-restricted: 54
Placed in service: 2001

Bankhead Towers

2300 Fifth Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

HUD lists it as senior housing · 218 1BR, 33 2BR

Apartments: 251
Income-restricted: 251
Placed in service: 2005

Chalkville Manor Apts

101 Chalkville Manor Dr, Birmingham, AL 35215

30 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: 50
Placed in service: 1994

Cherry Ridge Independent Living Apts

1100 Jeff Germany Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35214

HUD lists it as senior housing · 32 1BR, 24 2BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 47
Placed in service: 2002

Cherry Ridge Village Apts

1001 Cherry Ave, Birmingham, AL 35214

HUD lists it as senior housing · 28 1BR, 28 2BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 56
Placed in service: 2014

Citycenter Place

1400 Seventh Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

HUD lists it as senior housing · 50 1BR, 6 2BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 56
Placed in service: 1996

Deer Park Apts

304 16th Pl SW, Birmingham, AL 35211

58 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments: 59
Income-restricted: 59
Placed in service: 1993

East Lake House

7901 First Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35206

HUD lists it as senior housing · 3 studio, 63 1BR

Apartments: 66
Income-restricted: 66
Placed in service: 2008

Fair Park Apts

4730 Ct V, Birmingham, AL 35208

20 2BR

Apartments: 20
Income-restricted: 20
Placed in service: 1993

Glenbrook At Oxmoor Valley Phase I

2801 Sydney Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211

20 1BR, 60 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: 100
Placed in service: 2009

Highgate Apts

2300 Chapel Ridge Dr, Birmingham, AL

16 1BR, 120 2BR, 56 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments: 200
Income-restricted: 200
Placed in service: 2008

Highland Manor

2040 Highland Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205

Apartments: 111
Income-restricted: 111
Placed in service: 2017

Hunter Ridge Apts Phase I

2901 Hunter Ridge Ct, Birmingham, AL 35235

56 1BR, 88 2BR, 56 3BR

Apartments: 200
Income-restricted: 200
Placed in service: 2005

Hunter Ridge Apts Phase II

2901 Hunter Ridge Ct, Birmingham, AL 35235

12 1BR, 72 2BR, 36 3BR

Apartments: 120
Income-restricted: 120
Placed in service: 2006

Janmar Apts

1501 Second Ct W, Birmingham, AL 35208

20 2BR

Apartments: 20
Income-restricted: 20
Placed in service: 1993

Livingston Oaks Apts

5401 Livingston Oaks Cir, Birmingham, AL 35215

16 1BR, 48 2BR, 32 3BR

Apartments: 96
Income-restricted: 81
Placed in service: 2002

Magnolia Court Apts

132 Westchester Ct, Birmingham, AL

40 1BR, 176 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments: 240
Income-restricted: 240
Placed in service: 2004

New Haven Apts

13th Ave W, Birmingham, AL

HUD lists it as senior housing · 12 1BR, 44 2BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 56
Placed in service: 1998

Park Place I

600 24th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

55 1BR, 110 2BR, 31 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments: 197
Income-restricted: 97
Placed in service: 2003

Park Place II

600 24th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

50 1BR, 100 2BR, 47 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments: 198
Income-restricted: 119
Placed in service: 2004

Park Place III

2200 Park Pl, Birmingham, AL 35203

HUD lists it as senior housing · 68 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments: 76
Income-restricted: 76
Placed in service: 2007

Phoenix Building

1710 Second Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

8 1BR, 66 2BR

Apartments: 74
Income-restricted: 60
Placed in service: 2005

Rickwood Apts

1124b Second Ct W, Birmingham, AL 35204

24 2BR

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: 1993

Southampton Villas

100 Dugan Ave, Birmingham, AL 35214

62 2BR, 38 3BR

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: 100
Placed in service: 1993

Spring Gardens Apts II

201 Spring Gardens Rd, Birmingham, AL 35217

HUD lists it as senior housing · 90 1BR, 10 2BR

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: 100
Placed in service: 1993

The Park At Rocky Ridge

3400 Chestnut Ridge Ln, Birmingham, AL 35216

24 1BR, 96 2BR, 48 3BR

Apartments: 168
Income-restricted: 168
Placed in service: 2006

Tuxedo Terrace Phase I

2035 Ave Q, Birmingham, AL 35218

32 1BR, 48 2BR, 28 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 112
Income-restricted: 112
Placed in service: 2008

Tuxedo Terrace Phase II

1450 21st St Ensley, Birmingham, AL 35218

8 1BR, 24 2BR, 70 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments: 108
Income-restricted: 108
Placed in service: 2009

Yw Housing

309 23rd St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

2 studio, 46 1BR, 14 2BR

Apartments: 62
Income-restricted: 62
Placed in service: 1999

Source: HUD's national LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026; projects placed in service through 2024). Properties a state agency has flagged as no longer monitored are left out; properties placed in service after 2024 are not in HUD's database yet.

How tax credit apartments work

Each income-restricted unit has a maximum rent set from the area's income limits: gross rent, including a utility allowance for tenant-paid utilities, can't go above 30% of the income limit for the unit's size. The rent doesn't change with your own income, so a household near the bottom of the range pays the same rent as one near the top. That's different from public housing or a voucher, where you pay a share of what you earn.

To qualify, your household's income has to be at or under the limit the unit is set at, usually 50% or 60% of the area median, and up to 80% in some buildings. Management checks income, and assets, when you apply. A household made up entirely of full-time students generally can't qualify, with exceptions in IRC 42(i)(3)(D) such as single parents and married students filing jointly. More on qualifying.

You can apply with a Housing Choice voucher, and the property can't turn you down because you have one.