Connecticut

Tax credit apartments in Meriden, CT

HUD's database lists 12 properties in Meriden built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 715 apartments, 528 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

11 Crown Street

11 Crown St, Meriden, CT 06450

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24 Colony Street

24 Colony St, Meriden, CT 06451

Apartments
63
Income-restricted
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Placed in service
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Bradley Estates Phase I

435 Bradley Ave, Meriden, CT 06451

36 1BR, 30 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
74
Income-restricted
74
Placed in service
1997

Bradley Estates Phase II

50 Nutmeg Dr, Meriden, CT 06451

37 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
42
Placed in service
1997

Chamberlain Heights

141 143 Andrews St, Meriden, CT

Apartments
124
Income-restricted
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Charles Street Place

122 Charles St, Meriden, CT 06450

23 1BR, 39 2BR, 18 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
1996

Hanover Towers

76 Butler St, Meriden, CT 06451

79 1BR, 20 2BR

Apartments
99
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
1997

Harbor Towers

60 Hanover St, Meriden, CT 06451

188 1BR, 13 2BR

Apartments
201
Income-restricted
201
Placed in service
1997

Maple Hill Apts

14 S Broad St, Meriden, CT 06450

1 studio, 15 1BR, 15 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments
32
Income-restricted
32
Placed in service
1997

Meriden Commons I

161 State Street, Meriden, CT 06450

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Meriden Commons II

177 State St, Meriden, CT 06450

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Yale Acres

1 7 Elizabeth Court, Meriden, CT 06450

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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.