Chicago, Illinois

Tax credit apartments in Chicago 60605

5 properties in ZIP code 60605 with 654 income-restricted apartments, from HUD's LIHTC database. All of Chicago.

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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Fc Central Station Senior

1251 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

HUD lists it as senior housing · 6 studio, 85 1BR

Apartments
91
Income-restricted
91
Placed in service
2006

Senior Suites Of Central Station

1400 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

HUD lists it as senior housing · 20 studio, 76 1BR

Apartments
96
Income-restricted
96
Placed in service
1996

South Loop Affordable Housing

600 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

169 studio

Apartments
169
Income-restricted
169
Placed in service
2005

South Loop Apts

1521 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

130 1BR, 77 2BR

Apartments
207
Income-restricted
207
Placed in service
2000

The Park At Central Station

1251 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

6 studio, 86 1BR

Apartments
92
Income-restricted
91
Placed in service
2006

Source: HUD's national LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026; projects placed in service through 2024).

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.