Kansas

Tax credit apartments in Lawrence, KS

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Lawrence built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 447 apartments, 387 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

9-del Lofts

716 E. 9th, Lawrence, KS 66044

23 1BR, 16 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments
43
Income-restricted
34
Placed in service
2015

Bethel Estates Of Lawrence

2142 E. 25th Terrace, Lawrence, KS 66044

16 1BR, 32 2BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
48
Placed in service
2017

Bethel Estates Of Lawrence Phase II

2140 E 25th Terrace, Lawrence, KS 66046

HUD lists it as senior housing · 14 1BR, 28 2BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
42
Placed in service
2020

Lcht Accessible Housing

2226 Yale Rd, Lawrence, KS 66049

10 1BR, 10 2BR

Apartments
20
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2011

Penn Street Lofts

801 Pennsylvania Street, Lawrence, KS 66044

3 studio, 35 1BR, 7 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments
47
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2021

Poehler Lofts

619 E Eighth St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Apartments
49
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
2012

Prairie Ridge Place Apts

2424 Melrose Ln, Lawrence, KS 66047

95 1BR, 5 2BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
100
Placed in service
2003

The Estates Of Lawrence

1356 E. 1600 Road, Lawrence, KS 66030

HUD lists it as senior housing · 16 2BR, 22 3BR

Apartments
38
Income-restricted
38
Placed in service
2024

Vermont Tower

1101 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS 66044

60 1BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
58
Placed in service
2006

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.