Barnes School
127 Marion St, East Boston, MA 02128
HUD lists it as senior housing · 14 studio, 60 1BR
- Apartments
- 74
- Income-restricted
- 74
- Placed in service
- 2007
Massachusetts
Tax credit apartments in East Boston, MA
HUD's database lists 11 properties in East Boston built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 804 apartments, 681 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Greenway Apts
127 Marion St, East Boston, MA 02128
- Apartments
- 27
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- 2014
Landfall
72 Marginal Street, East Boston, MA 02128
6 1BR, 75 2BR, 12 3BR, 18 4BR
- Apartments
- 111
- Income-restricted
- 106
- Placed in service
- 2017
Lyman School
30 Gove Street, East Boston, MA 02128
HUD lists it as senior housing · 40 1BR, 5 2BR
- Apartments
- 45
- Income-restricted
- 45
- Placed in service
- 2017
Maverick Landing I
31 Liverpool St, East Boston, MA 02128
66 1BR, 57 2BR, 20 3BR, 7 4BR
- Apartments
- 150
- Income-restricted
- 116
- Placed in service
- n/a
Maverick Landing II
31 Liverpool St, East Boston, MA 02128
38 1BR, 26 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 80
- Income-restricted
- 61
- Placed in service
- 2005
Maverick Landing III
31 Liverpool St, East Boston, MA 02128
37 2BR, 47 3BR, 8 4BR
- Apartments
- 92
- Income-restricted
- 71
- Placed in service
- 2006
Maverick Landing IV
31 Liverpool St, East Boston, MA 02128
25 2BR, 35 3BR, 14 4BR
- Apartments
- 74
- Income-restricted
- 57
- Placed in service
- n/a
Orient Heights Phase 3
171 Faywood Avenue, East Boston, MA 02128
HUD lists it as senior housing · 21 1BR, 63 2BR, 32 3BR, 7 4BR
- Apartments
- 123
- Income-restricted
- 123
- Placed in service
- 2023
Siochain Properties
100 Saratoga St, East Boston, MA 02128
3 1BR, 8 2BR, 1 3BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 2001
Trinity Neighborhood House
406 Meridian St, East Boston, MA 02128
16 studio
- Apartments
- 16
- Income-restricted
- 16
- 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.