Auburn Court
1 Brookline Pl, Cambridge, MA 02139
14 1BR, 43 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 77
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- n/a
Massachusetts
Tax credit apartments in Cambridge, MA
HUD's database lists 35 properties in Cambridge built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,797 apartments, 1,833 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Auburn Park
140 Franklin St, Cambridge, MA 02139
12 1BR, 36 2BR, 12 3BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2000
Bishop Allen Apartments
70 + 77 Bishop Allen Drive; 51 + 62 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
5 2BR, 27 3BR
- Apartments
- 32
- Income-restricted
- 32
- Placed in service
- 2015
Briston Arms
237-239 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
15 studio, 43 1BR, 89 2BR, 7 3BR
- Apartments
- 154
- Income-restricted
- 154
- Placed in service
- 2017
Cambridge Alliance
55 Columbia St, Cambridge, MA 02139
6 1BR, 12 2BR, 16 3BR, 8 4BR
- Apartments
- 42
- Income-restricted
- 37
- Placed in service
- 2003
Cambridge Ymca
820 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Apartments
- 136
- Income-restricted
- 136
- Placed in service
- 1993
Churchill Court
2505 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
2 1BR, 3 2BR, 7 3BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 1999
Columbia Cast LLC
55 57 Or 59 Columbia Rd, Cambridge, MA
- Apartments
- 37
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Elm Place
1066 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
3 1BR, 10 2BR, 6 3BR
- Apartments
- 19
- Income-restricted
- 19
- Placed in service
- 2011
Frost Terrace
1785 Masschusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 01240
HUD lists it as senior housing · 1 studio, 13 1BR, 13 2BR, 13 3BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 40
- Placed in service
- 2020
Inman Cast 2
49 53 Columbia St, Cambridge, MA
- Apartments
- 113
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Jackson Gardens
Jackson Gardens, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Apartments
- 45
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Jas Consolidated
51-53 Bristol Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
17 1BR, 40 2BR, 45 3BR, 10 4BR
- Apartments
- 112
- Income-restricted
- 112
- Placed in service
- 2017
Jefferson Park
1 Clifton Place, Cambridge, MA 02139
6 2BR, 11 3BR, 14 4BR
- Apartments
- 31
- Income-restricted
- 31
- Placed in service
- 2020
John F Kennedy Apts
55 Essex St, Cambridge, MA 02139
HUD lists it as senior housing · 69 1BR
- Apartments
- 69
- Income-restricted
- 69
- Placed in service
- 2003
Kennedy Biscuit Lofts
126 Franklin St, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Apartments
- 142
- Income-restricted
- 28
- Placed in service
- 1991
Lancaster Street Apts
8 Lancaster St, Cambridge, MA 02140
16 studio, 48 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 65
- Income-restricted
- 55
- Placed in service
- 2005
Lincoln Way
68 70 Lincoln Way, Cambridge, MA
- Apartments
- 62
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Lyndon B Johnson Apts LLC
150 Erie St, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Apartments
- 175
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Market Street Apts
19 Market St, Cambridge, MA 02139
16 3BR
- Apartments
- 16
- Income-restricted
- 15
- Placed in service
- 1995
Memorial Drive Housing
808 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
128 1BR, 138 2BR, 30 3BR, 4 4BR
- Apartments
- 301
- Income-restricted
- 173
- Placed in service
- 1998
Neville Place Assisted Living
650 Concord Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
35 studio, 34 1BR, 2 2BR
- Apartments
- 71
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 2001
Putnam Green
625 Putnam Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
10 1BR, 20 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 40
- Placed in service
- 2012
Putnam Place
260 Putnam Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
7 2BR, 5 3BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 1994
Rindge Commons
1035 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
HUD lists it as senior housing · 10 1BR, 14 2BR
- Apartments
- 24
- Income-restricted
- 24
- Placed in service
- 2024
Rindge Tower
402 Rindge Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02141
21 1BR, 84 2BR, 168 3BR
- Apartments
- 273
- Income-restricted
- 191
- Placed in service
- 2017
Squirrel Brand Apts
17 Boardman St, Cambridge, MA 02139
1 studio, 2 1BR, 13 2BR, 4 3BR
- Apartments
- 20
- Income-restricted
- 20
- Placed in service
- 2002
Squirrelwood
40 Market Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
HUD lists it as senior housing · 3 studio, 14 1BR, 32 2BR, 35 3BR, 4 4BR
- Apartments
- 88
- Income-restricted
- 78
- Placed in service
- 2020
St Patrick's Place
26 York St, Cambridge, MA 02141
5 1BR, 11 2BR, 13 3BR, 3 4BR
- Apartments
- 32
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 1992
Swartz Properties
80 Auburn Park, Cambridge, MA 02139
4 1BR, 40 2BR, 15 3BR
- Apartments
- 59
- Income-restricted
- 41
- Placed in service
- 1995
Temple Place
7 Temple Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
15 1BR, 25 2BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 40
- Placed in service
- 2015
Temple Place
5 Temple Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
11 1BR, 30 2BR
- Apartments
- 41
- Income-restricted
- 41
- Placed in service
- 2016
Trolley Square
2401 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
4 1BR, 22 2BR, 6 3BR
- Apartments
- 32
- Income-restricted
- 32
- Placed in service
- 2006
Walden Square Apts
21 Walden Sq Rd, Cambridge, MA 02140
112 1BR, 20 2BR, 42 3BR, 66 4BR
- Apartments
- 240
- Income-restricted
- 240
- Placed in service
- 2002
Winndevelopment
10 Magazine St, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Apartments
- 85
- Income-restricted
- 23
- Placed in service
- 1987
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.