Massachusetts

Tax credit apartments in Dorchester, MA

HUD's database lists 70 properties in Dorchester built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 6,885 apartments, 5,124 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

128 Park St

128 Park St, Dorchester, MA 02122

Apartments: 16
Income-restricted: 16
Placed in service: 1989

157 Washington St

157 Washington St, Dorchester, MA 02121

5 1BR, 16 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: 2012

173 Columbia Rd

173 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02121

5 1BR, 16 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: 2012

3 Holborn Ter

3 Holborn Ter, Dorchester, MA 02121

2 1BR, 2 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments: 8
Income-restricted: 8
Placed in service: 2000

438 Warren St

438 Warren St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 20
Income-restricted: 20
Placed in service: 1990

Adams Templeton

11 Msgr Patrick J Lydon Way, Dorchester, MA 02124

67 1BR, 9 2BR

Apartments: 76
Income-restricted: 76
Placed in service: 2001

Alexander Magnolia Cooperative LP

36 Alexander St, Dorchester, MA 02125

11 2BR, 23 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 38
Income-restricted: 38
Placed in service: 1993

Audubon Apts

436 Harvard St, Dorchester, MA 02124

Apartments: 37
Income-restricted: 37
Placed in service: 1991

Bcn Properties

25 Nazing St, Dorchester, MA 02121

2 1BR, 15 2BR, 18 3BR, 18 4BR

Apartments: 53
Income-restricted: 53
Placed in service: 2000

Bloomfield Gardens

455 475 Geneva Ave, Dorchester, MA

Apartments: 27
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Blue Elm United Estates

168 Seaver St, Dorchester, MA 02121

6 studio, 90 1BR, 115 2BR, 31 3BR, 43 4BR

Apartments: 285
Income-restricted: 285
Placed in service: 2005

Blue Mountain Assoc

80 Washington St, Dorchester, MA 02121

105 1BR, 72 2BR, 19 3BR, 20 4BR

Apartments: 217
Income-restricted: 217
Placed in service: n/a

Boston Bay Assoc

201 Quincy St, Dorchester, MA 02121

3 1BR, 39 2BR, 33 3BR, 13 4BR

Apartments: 88
Income-restricted: 88
Placed in service: n/a

Boston's Hope

53 Nightingale St, Dorchester, MA 02124

HUD lists it as senior housing · 14 1BR, 16 2BR, 5 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments: 40
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: 2003

Brown Kaplan Town Homes

12 Wilbert Cir, Dorchester, MA 02124

27 2BR, 27 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments: 60
Income-restricted: 53
Placed in service: n/a

Brunswick Holborn Phase II

572 Warren St, Dorchester, MA 02121

21 1BR, 10 2BR, 9 3BR, 9 4BR

Apartments: 49
Income-restricted: 43
Placed in service: 2006

Brunswick Street

104 Brunswick St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 3
Income-restricted: 3
Placed in service: 1991

Cass House (Roxbury Hills)

230 Harold St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 111
Income-restricted: 28
Placed in service: 1988

Ceylon Field Apts

54 Stanwood St, Dorchester, MA 02121

4 1BR, 29 2BR, 25 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 62
Income-restricted: 62
Placed in service: 1997

Columbia Road Properties

200 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02121

10 1BR, 16 2BR, 19 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 49
Income-restricted: 48
Placed in service: 2006

Columbia West Apts

392 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125

4 1BR, 34 2BR, 7 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments: 46
Income-restricted: 46
Placed in service: 2005

Cottage Brook

88 Brook Ave, Dorchester, MA 02125

Apartments: 147
Income-restricted: 147
Placed in service: 1993

Cottagebrook Apts

Dorchester, MA

1 studio, 29 1BR, 35 2BR, 55 3BR, 27 4BR

Apartments: 147
Income-restricted: 146
Placed in service: n/a

Dudley Terrace

22 Roach St, Dorchester, MA 02125

10 1BR, 34 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 53
Placed in service: 2000

Erie Ellington

135 Ellington St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Erie-ellington

31 Erie St, Dorchester, MA 02121

3 1BR, 24 2BR, 19 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: 50
Placed in service: 2000

Franklin Highlands

278 Humboldt Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121

96 1BR, 109 2BR, 53 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments: 270
Income-restricted: 265
Placed in service: n/a

Franklin Hill Phase 1a

99 Shandon Rd, Dorchester, MA 02124

Apartments: 867
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Franklin Hill Revitalization Ib

113 Shandon Rd, Dorchester, MA 02124

5 2BR, 8 3BR, 11 4BR

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: n/a

Franklin Park Apts

128 130 132 134 136 Adams St, Dorchester, MA

Apartments: 214
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Franklin Park Apts Phase II

132 136 140 Seaver St, Dorchester, MA

Apartments: 214
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Grandfamilies House

214 Harvard St, Dorchester, MA 02124

1 1BR, 13 2BR, 12 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments: 27
Income-restricted: 27
Placed in service: 1998

Granite III

504 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 144
Income-restricted: 144
Placed in service: 1989

Granite Iva

164 Seaver St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 140
Income-restricted: 140
Placed in service: 1989

Granite Lena Park

31 Wales St, Dorchester, MA 02124

Apartments: 143
Income-restricted: 143
Placed in service: 1990

Granite V/ Blue Mountain

36 Maple St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 217
Income-restricted: 217
Placed in service: 1988

Granite/columbia Road Properties

422 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125

Apartments: 134
Income-restricted: 65
Placed in service: 1990

Harbor Point

40 Westwind Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125

53 1BR, 113 2BR, 130 3BR, 54 4BR

Apartments: 350
Income-restricted: 350
Placed in service: 1989

Harvard Commons

355 Harvard St, Dorchester, MA 02124

3 studio, 3 1BR, 18 2BR, 15 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 45
Placed in service: 2004

Hope Bay Apts

25 Norwell St, Dorchester, MA 02121

2 1BR, 18 2BR, 25 3BR

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 45
Placed in service: n/a

Hope In Dorchester

88 Nightingale St, Dorchester, MA 02124

14 1BR, 16 2BR, 6 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 40
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: n/a

Howard Dacia Homes

153 155 Howard, Dorchester, MA

12 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments: 26
Income-restricted: 26
Placed in service: 2003

Intervale-magnolia

97 Intervale St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 88
Income-restricted: 88
Placed in service: 1993

Lionhead Apts

713 Dudley St, Dorchester, MA 02125

Apartments: 68
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Lithgow Apts

14 Lithgow St, Dorchester, MA 02124

30 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments: 31
Income-restricted: 16
Placed in service: 1991

Lorne Street

11 Lorne St, Dorchester, MA 02124

Apartments: 60
Income-restricted: 53
Placed in service: 1990

Lucerne Gardens

119 Lucerne St, Dorchester, MA 02124

Apartments: 54
Income-restricted: 54
Placed in service: 1993

Maple Commons (Dorchester)

15 Maple St, Dorchester, MA 02121

9 1BR, 23 2BR, 9 3BR

Apartments: 41
Income-restricted: 41
Placed in service: 1998

Nazing

1 Nazing Ct, Dorchester, MA 02121

6 studio, 47 1BR, 91 2BR, 7 3BR

Apartments: 151
Income-restricted: 144
Placed in service: 2003

Nazing Court

224 Seaver St, Dorchester, MA 02121

7 studio, 47 1BR, 91 2BR, 6 3BR

Apartments: 151
Income-restricted: 151
Placed in service: 2003

New Franklin Park Apts Phase I

128 Adams St, Dorchester, MA 02122

42 1BR, 50 2BR, 8 3BR, 9 4BR

Apartments: 109
Income-restricted: 109
Placed in service: 2010

New Lithgow Residential

383 Talbot Ave, Dorchester, MA 02124

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

New Port Antonio

20 Deckard St, Dorchester, MA 02121

91 1BR, 88 2BR, 32 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments: 227
Income-restricted: 227
Placed in service: 1996

Norwell Apts (Hope Bay)

5 Norwell St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 45
Placed in service: 1993

Olmsted Green II

11 23 Sandpiper Ln, Dorchester, MA

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Olmsted Green III

232 Seaver St, Dorchester, MA 02121

8 studio, 34 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: 50
Placed in service: 2012

Phillips Brooks School

5 Perth St, Dorchester, MA 02121

1 studio, 4 1BR, 26 2BR, 25 3BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 47
Placed in service: 1991

Quincy Heights

99 Woodledge St, Dorchester, MA 02125

11 1BR, 62 2BR, 49 3BR, 7 4BR

Apartments: 129
Income-restricted: 129
Placed in service: n/a

Quincy-geneva Granite

9 Creston St, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 94
Income-restricted: 94
Placed in service: 1989

Renwood Cccbw

42 Julian St, Dorchester, MA 02125

Apartments: 14
Income-restricted: 14
Placed in service: 1990

Sister Clara Muhammed Cooperative

150 Magnolia St, Dorchester, MA 02125

8 2BR, 15 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments: 25
Income-restricted: 25
Placed in service: 2003

Talbot Bernard Homes

193 Talbot Ave, Dorchester, MA 02124

HUD lists it as senior housing · 10 1BR, 13 2BR, 19 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments: 44
Income-restricted: 44
Placed in service: 2003

Trinity Terrace

12 Trinity Ter, Dorchester, MA 02121

16 studio, 11 1BR, 28 2BR, 23 3BR

Apartments: 62
Income-restricted: 59
Placed in service: 2004

Uphams Corner Apts

485 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125

11 2BR, 24 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments: 36
Income-restricted: 36
Placed in service: 1997

Uphams Corner Market

612 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125

14 studio, 15 1BR, 16 2BR

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 44
Placed in service: 2001

Vbc Apts-granite

495 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 30
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: 1991

Washington Apts

144 Geneva Ave, Dorchester, MA 02121

Apartments: 151
Income-restricted: 151
Placed in service: 1990

Washington Columbia Phase II

95b Washington St, Dorchester, MA 02121

57 1BR, 109 2BR, 10 3BR

Apartments: 176
Income-restricted: 176
Placed in service: n/a

Wilder Gardens Apts

32 Bishop Joe L Smith Way, Dorchester, MA 02121

10 1BR, 36 2BR, 8 3BR, 7 4BR

Apartments: 61
Income-restricted: 61
Placed in service: n/a

Woodledge

34 Cunningham St, Dorchester, MA 02125

Apartments: 130
Income-restricted: 130
Placed in service: 1993

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.