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Tax credit apartments in Millsboro, DE

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Millsboro built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 490 apartments, 480 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Brandywine Station Apartments

500-700 Case Lane & 800-1000 Edwards Blvd, Millsboro, DE 19966

Apartments
56
Income-restricted
56
Placed in service
2020

Foster Commons

Union Street & Old Landing Rd, Millsboro, DE 19966

8 1BR, 32 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
n/a

Lingo Creek Apartments

32890 Shoppes At Long Neck Rt. 24, Millsboro, DE 19966

48 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
72
Placed in service
2004

Long Neck Apartments

25927 River Bend Road,, Millsboro, DE 19966

60 2BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2003

Mill Chase Apartments

14 Mill Chase Circle, Millsboro, DE 19966

50 2BR, 23 3BR

Apartments
74
Income-restricted
74
Placed in service
1993

Millsboro Village

210 Thomas Taylor Dr, Millsboro, DE 19966

6 1BR, 16 2BR, 16 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2010

Millsboro Village I

210 Thomas Taylor Drive, Millsboro, DE 19966

6 1BR, 16 2BR, 16 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2010

Old Landing Apartments II

29320 White Street, Millsboro, DE 19966

6 1BR, 12 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
30
Income-restricted
30
Placed in service
2006

Village At Iron Branch

10 Haals Heritage Circle, Millsboro, DE 19966

Apartments
38
Income-restricted
38
Placed in service
2018

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.