Betsy Ross
99 Preble St, South Portland, ME 04106
123 1BR
- Apartments
- 123
- Income-restricted
- 50
- Placed in service
- 2000
Maine
Tax credit apartments in South Portland, ME
HUD's database lists 12 properties in South Portland built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 815 apartments, 552 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Brick Hill Cottages
1 Red Oak Dr, South Portland, ME 04106
11 1BR, 18 2BR, 10 3BR, 5 4BR
- Apartments
- 44
- Income-restricted
- 44
- Placed in service
- 2006
Brick Hill Heights
80 Brickhill Ave, South Portland, ME 04106
15 1BR, 9 2BR, 6 3BR
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2008
Brick Hill Townhouses
1 Townhouse Dr, South Portland, ME 04106
17 1BR, 33 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 66
- Income-restricted
- 66
- Placed in service
- 2005
Cortland Court
696 Westbrook St, South Portland, ME 04106
6 1BR, 182 2BR
- Apartments
- 188
- Income-restricted
- 61
- Placed in service
- 1992
Osprey Circle
1 Osprey Cir, South Portland, ME 04106
HUD lists it as senior housing · 42 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 29
- Placed in service
- 2014
Ridgeland Estates
109 Ridgeland Ave, South Portland, ME 04106
HUD lists it as senior housing · 80 1BR
- Apartments
- 80
- Income-restricted
- 80
- Placed in service
- 1993
Ridgeland Gardens
101 Ridgeland Avenue, South Portland, ME 04106
HUD lists it as senior housing · 44 1BR
- Apartments
- 44
- Income-restricted
- 44
- Placed in service
- 2015
Thornton Heights
611 Main Street, South Portland, ME 04106
25 1BR, 10 2BR, 7 3BR
- Apartments
- 42
- Income-restricted
- 33
- Placed in service
- 2021
Townhouses At Ocean East
1 Schooner Rd, South Portland, ME 04106
10 2BR, 22 3BR
- Apartments
- 32
- Income-restricted
- 32
- Placed in service
- 2004
Townhouses At Ocean East
6 Schooner Rd, South Portland, ME 04106
27 2BR, 27 3BR
- Apartments
- 54
- Income-restricted
- 33
- Placed in service
- 2004
West End Apartments
586 Westbrook Street, South Portland, ME 04106
22 studio, 16 1BR, 16 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 64
- Income-restricted
- 50
- Placed in service
- 2021
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.