Massachusetts

Tax credit apartments in Lawrence, MA

HUD's database lists 28 properties in Lawrence built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,455 apartments, 989 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

108 Newbury St

108 Newbury St, Lawrence, MA 01841

8 2BR, 10 3BR

Apartments
18
Income-restricted
18
Placed in service
2014

American Woolen Mills

Wood Way, Lawrence, MA

Apartments
35
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
n/a

Blakeley Building

467 Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840

10 1BR, 36 2BR

Apartments
46
Income-restricted
46
Placed in service
2008

Duck Mill

4 Union Street, Lawrence, MA 01841

7 1BR, 37 2BR, 29 3BR

Apartments
73
Income-restricted
73
Placed in service
2016

Duck Mill / Union Crossing Phase II

60 Duck Mill Rd, Lawrence, MA

Apartments
73
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
n/a

Heritage Common

43 Camella Teoli Way, Lawrence, MA 01841

19 1BR, 86 2BR, 23 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
140
Income-restricted
126
Placed in service
2010

Island Parkside

20 Island Street, Lawrence, MA 01840

8 1BR, 16 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2023

Lawrence Ymca Sro

40 Lawrence St, Lawrence, MA 01840

73 studio

Apartments
73
Income-restricted
73
Placed in service
1994

Lmi Orange Wheeler 2

333 Haverhill St, Lawrence, MA 01840

4 1BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
10
Income-restricted
10
Placed in service
n/a

Lmi Orange Wheeler 3

335 E Haverhill St, Lawrence, MA 01841

5 1BR, 3 2BR, 4 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments
13
Income-restricted
13
Placed in service
n/a

Lmii Orange Wheeler 1

126 Franklin St, Lawrence, MA 01841

1 1BR, 4 2BR, 7 3BR

Apartments
12
Income-restricted
12
Placed in service
n/a

Lmii Orange Wheeler 4

356 Haverhill St, Lawrence, MA 01840

2 1BR, 5 2BR, 2 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments
10
Income-restricted
10
Placed in service
n/a

Malden Mills Phase I

550 Broadway, Lawrence, MA 01841

17 1BR, 58 2BR

Apartments
75
Income-restricted
72
Placed in service
2012

Malden Mills Phase II

520, 540, 542 + 600 Broadway (Bldgs 24, 28, 27 + 29r), Lawrence, MA 01841

4 studio, 15 1BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
62
Income-restricted
62
Placed in service
2015

Museum Square

2 Jackson St, Lawrence, MA 01840

Apartments
176
Income-restricted
35
Placed in service
1988

Orange Wheeler 2

335 Haverhill St, Lawrence, MA 01840

3 1BR, 8 2BR, 1 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments
13
Income-restricted
13
Placed in service
2002

Orange Wheeler 3

335 Haverhill St, Lawrence, MA 01840

4 1BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
10
Income-restricted
10
Placed in service
2002

Project Hope

30 Myrtle Ct, Lawrence, MA 01841

2 1BR, 16 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments
20
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2007

Reviviendo Family Housing

41 Berkeley St, Lawrence, MA 01841

7 2BR, 8 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
17
Income-restricted
17
Placed in service
2003

Sacred Heart Apts

23 Hawley St, Lawrence, MA 01843

HUD lists it as senior housing · 34 1BR, 10 2BR

Apartments
44
Income-restricted
44
Placed in service
2010

Saunders School

243 S Broadway, Lawrence, MA 01843

16 2BR

Apartments
16
Income-restricted
16
Placed in service
2011

Stone Mill Lofts

72 General Street, Lawrence, MA 01840

HUD lists it as senior housing · 50 1BR, 28 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
86
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2023

Summer Street

24 Summer St, Lawrence, MA 01840

Apartments
12
Income-restricted
12
Placed in service
1992

Sycamore Village LP

60 68 Hampshire St, Lawrence, MA

Apartments
164
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
n/a

The Blakeley

473 Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840

10 1BR, 36 2BR

Apartments
46
Income-restricted
46
Placed in service
n/a

Trinity Marriner

608 Broadway, Lawrence, MA 01841

HUD lists it as senior housing · 27 1BR, 40 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
87
Income-restricted
87
Placed in service
2022

Union Crossing

50 Island St, Lawrence, MA 01840

3 1BR, 30 2BR, 27 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2011

Ywca Fina House

203 Haverhill St, Lawrence, MA 01840

8 studio, 3 1BR, 13 2BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
2005

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.