Massachusetts

Tax credit apartments in Brookline, MA

HUD's database lists 8 properties in Brookline built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 705 apartments, 352 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

370 Harvard Street

370 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446

52 1BR, 10 2BR

Apartments
62
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2019

51-57 Beals Street

55-57 Beals Street, Brookline, MA 02446

31 studio

Apartments
31
Income-restricted
31
Placed in service
2016

51-57 Beals Street

57 Beals St, Brookline, MA 02446

Apartments
31
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
n/a

86 Dummer

150 Amory St, Brookline, MA 02446

Apartments
32
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
n/a

St Aidans Rental

150 Pleasant St, Brookline, MA 02446

3 1BR, 14 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments
20
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2009

The Village At Brookline

16 Thru 38 Village Way, Brookline, MA

Apartments
197
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
n/a

Trustman Apts/86 Dummer Street

86 Dummer Street, Brookline, MA 02446

10 1BR, 11 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments
25
Income-restricted
25
Placed in service
2015

Village At Brookline

72 Pearl St, Brookline, MA 02445

184 1BR, 82 2BR, 25 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments
307
Income-restricted
217
Placed in service
1998

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.