155 Danforth
155 Danforth Street, Portland, ME 04101
15 studio, 15 1BR
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2023
Maine
Tax credit apartments in Portland, ME
HUD's database lists 51 properties in Portland built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,650 apartments, 2,379 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
409 Cumberland Ave Apartments
409 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, ME 04101
21 studio, 32 1BR, 4 2BR
- Apartments
- 57
- Income-restricted
- 46
- Placed in service
- 2015
53 Danforth Street
53 Danforth St, Portland, ME 04101
35 1BR, 8 2BR
- Apartments
- 43
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2009
Auburn Terrace
246 Auburn St, Portland, ME 04103
36 1BR, 104 2BR, 24 3BR
- Apartments
- 164
- Income-restricted
- 164
- Placed in service
- 1999
Bayside Anchor
81 East Oxford Street, Portland, ME 04101
5 studio, 34 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 45
- Income-restricted
- 45
- Placed in service
- 2016
Bayside East
47 Smith St, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 20 1BR
- Apartments
- 20
- Income-restricted
- 20
- Placed in service
- 2008
Brannigan House
90 High St, Portland, ME 04101
8 studio, 1 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 10
- Income-restricted
- 10
- Placed in service
- 2002
Butler Payson
77 Pine Street And 218 State Street, Portland, ME 04102
HUD lists it as senior housing · 50 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 56
- Income-restricted
- 56
- Placed in service
- 2015
Carleton Street
17 Carleton Street, Portland, ME 04101
12 studio, 23 1BR, 2 2BR
- Apartments
- 37
- Income-restricted
- 37
- Placed in service
- 2017
Casco Terrace
41 State St, Portland, ME 04101
11 1BR, 16 2BR
- Apartments
- 27
- Income-restricted
- 13
- Placed in service
- 2004
Chom Scattered Sites Supportive Housing
25 Wall St, Portland, ME 04103
18 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 24
- Income-restricted
- 24
- Placed in service
- 2001
Congress Square
579 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 7 1BR, 136 2BR, 17 3BR
- Apartments
- 160
- Income-restricted
- 160
- Placed in service
- 2006
Danforth On High
81 Danforth St, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 30 1BR
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2013
Deering Place
61 Deering Street, Portland, ME 04101
16 studio, 37 1BR, 10 2BR, 12 3BR
- Apartments
- 75
- Income-restricted
- 44
- Placed in service
- 2021
Elm Terrace
68 High St, Portland, ME 04101
6 studio, 22 1BR, 10 2BR
- Apartments
- 38
- Income-restricted
- 38
- Placed in service
- 2013
Emerson Commons
13 Emerson St, Portland, ME 04101
1 studio, 10 1BR, 20 2BR, 8 3BR
- Apartments
- 39
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 2010
Florence House Apts
190 Valley St, Portland, ME 04102
25 studio
- Apartments
- 25
- Income-restricted
- 25
- Placed in service
- 2010
Fore River Apts
63 Frederic St, Portland, ME 04102
8 1BR, 12 2BR
- Apartments
- 20
- Income-restricted
- 20
- Placed in service
- 2006
Front Street
42 West Presumpscot Street, Portland, ME 04103
3 studio, 11 1BR, 12 2BR, 22 3BR, 12 4BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2022
Furman Block
100 Parris Street, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 5 studio, 46 1BR
- Apartments
- 51
- Income-restricted
- 40
- Placed in service
- 2021
Huston Commons
72 Bishop Street, Portland, ME 04103
30 studio
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2017
Iris Park Apts
189 Park Ave, Portland, ME 04102
25 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 31
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2006
Island View Apts
151 Walnut St, Portland, ME 04101
3 1BR, 23 2BR, 44 3BR
- Apartments
- 70
- Income-restricted
- 29
- Placed in service
- 2002
Lafayette Square Apts
638 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101
29 1BR, 63 2BR
- Apartments
- 92
- Income-restricted
- 65
- Placed in service
- 1996
Logan Place
52 Frederick Rd, Portland, ME 04106
30 studio
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2005
Loring House
1125 Brighton Avenue, Portland, ME 04102
HUD lists it as senior housing · 7 studio, 97 1BR
- Apartments
- 104
- Income-restricted
- 100
- Placed in service
- 2016
Motherhouse Senior Housing
605 Stevens Avenue, Portland, ME 04103
HUD lists it as senior housing · 20 studio, 68 1BR
- Apartments
- 88
- Income-restricted
- 66
- Placed in service
- 2018
Munjoy South Townhouse Apts
31 Mountfort St, Portland, ME 04101
12 1BR, 81 2BR, 43 3BR, 4 4BR
- Apartments
- 140
- Income-restricted
- 140
- Placed in service
- 1998
Northfield Green
147 Allen Street, Portland, ME 04103
HUD lists it as senior housing · 200 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 201
- Income-restricted
- 200
- Placed in service
- 2018
Oak Street Lofts
72 Oak St, Portland, ME 04101
37 studio
- Apartments
- 37
- Income-restricted
- 37
- Placed in service
- 2012
Pearl Place
159 Oxford St, Portland, ME 04101
20 1BR, 25 2BR, 15 3BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 60
- Placed in service
- 2007
Pearl Place Phase II
184 Pearl St, Portland, ME 04101
26 1BR, 17 2BR, 11 3BR
- Apartments
- 54
- Income-restricted
- 54
- Placed in service
- 2012
Phoenix Flats
83 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 27 studio, 18 1BR
- Apartments
- 45
- Income-restricted
- 45
- Placed in service
- 2023
Porter Station
200 Valley Street, Portland, ME 04102
11 studio, 25 1BR, 14 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2023
Prop Family Housing Phase I
49 Hanover St, Portland, ME 04101
12 3BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 9
- Placed in service
- 2003
Prop Family Housing Phase II
77 Grant St, Portland, ME 04101
6 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 16
- Income-restricted
- 16
- Placed in service
- 2005
Prop Family Housing Phase III
135 Cumberland Ave, Portland, ME 04101
1 1BR, 17 3BR, 2 4BR
- Apartments
- 20
- Income-restricted
- 20
- Placed in service
- 2006
Rosa True
140 Park Street, Portland, ME 04101
2 2BR, 8 3BR
- Apartments
- 10
- Income-restricted
- 10
- Placed in service
- 2016
Solterra Apartments
58 Boyd Street, Portland, ME 04101
23 studio, 10 1BR, 13 2BR, 9 3BR
- Apartments
- 55
- Income-restricted
- 44
- Placed in service
- 2020
St Dominic's School Apts
42 Gray St, Portland, ME 04102
1 1BR, 5 2BR, 4 3BR, 2 4BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 2004
The Equinox
73 Winter Street, Portland, ME 04102
6 studio, 15 1BR, 13 2BR, 9 3BR
- Apartments
- 43
- Income-restricted
- 43
- Placed in service
- 2024
Townhouses At Ocean East 2
Schooner Ln, Portland, ME 04103
- Apartments
- 33
- Income-restricted
- 33
- Placed in service
- 2004
Unity Village At Bayside
275 Cumberland Ave, Portland, ME 04101
6 1BR, 10 2BR, 17 3BR
- Apartments
- 33
- Income-restricted
- 26
- Placed in service
- 2001
Valley St Apts
315 Valley St, Portland, ME 04102
21 1BR, 3 2BR
- Apartments
- 24
- Income-restricted
- 24
- Placed in service
- 2006
Walker Terrace
1 Walker St, Portland, ME 04102
20 1BR, 20 2BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 22
- Placed in service
- 2006
Washington Gardens
Scattered Site, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 60 studio, 36 1BR, 4 2BR
- Apartments
- 100
- Income-restricted
- 100
- Placed in service
- 2021
Wellesley Estates
1818 Forest Ave, Portland, ME 04103
27 2BR, 18 3BR
- Apartments
- 45
- Income-restricted
- 19
- Placed in service
- 2003
Wessex Woods
7 Wessex Street, Portland, ME 04102
HUD lists it as senior housing · 40 1BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 34
- Placed in service
- 2021
Winter Landing
91 Winter Street, Portland, ME 04101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 52 1BR
- Apartments
- 52
- Income-restricted
- 52
- Placed in service
- 2024
Yale Court Development
240 Harvard St, Portland, ME 04103
10 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2004
Ymca Apts
231 High St, Portland, ME 04101
32 studio
- Apartments
- 32
- Income-restricted
- 32
- 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.