Acushnet Commons
59 Linden St, New Bedford, MA 02740
1 1BR, 3 2BR, 8 3BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 2005
Massachusetts
Tax credit apartments in New Bedford, MA
HUD's database lists 24 properties in New Bedford built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,602 apartments, 911 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Austin Court
1012 Austin Ct, New Bedford, MA
11 3BR, 1 4BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 1999
Bedford Village Project
111 Acushnet Ave, New Bedford, MA 02740
1 1BR, 9 2BR, 2 3BR, 1 4BR
- Apartments
- 13
- Income-restricted
- 13
- Placed in service
- 1999
Bristol III
New Bedford, MA
1 1BR, 6 2BR, 3 3BR, 1 4BR
- Apartments
- 11
- Income-restricted
- 11
- Placed in service
- 2001
Grinnell House
379 Cnty St, New Bedford, MA 02740
17 1BR
- Apartments
- 17
- Income-restricted
- 17
- Placed in service
- 1994
Harborview Towers LP
60 S Second St, New Bedford, MA 02740
- Apartments
- 140
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Hazard Court Apts
12 Hazard Ct, New Bedford, MA 02740
36 1BR
- Apartments
- 36
- Income-restricted
- 36
- Placed in service
- 2000
Ingraham Place
80 Rivet St, New Bedford, MA 02744
2 1BR, 10 2BR, 7 3BR
- Apartments
- 19
- Income-restricted
- 19
- Placed in service
- 2011
Manomet Place
194 Riverside Ave, New Bedford, MA 02746
HUD lists it as senior housing · 31 1BR, 10 2BR
- Apartments
- 76
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- 2013
Melville Towers
850 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02740
HUD lists it as senior housing · 280 1BR, 40 2BR
- Apartments
- 320
- Income-restricted
- 320
- Placed in service
- 2007
New Verdean
99 Acushnet Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
7 1BR, 87 2BR, 10 3BR, 6 4BR
- Apartments
- 110
- Income-restricted
- 110
- Placed in service
- 2016
Regency Tower
800 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02740
38 1BR, 80 2BR, 11 3BR
- Apartments
- 129
- Income-restricted
- 33
- Placed in service
- 2010
Roosevelt II Project
49 Roosevelt St, New Bedford, MA 02744
- Apartments
- 11
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Roosevelt St Revitalization Project
23 Roosevelt St, New Bedford, MA 02744
3 1BR, 3 2BR, 3 3BR, 2 4BR
- Apartments
- 11
- Income-restricted
- 11
- Placed in service
- 2000
South First St Revitalization Project
862 S First St, New Bedford, MA 02744
4 1BR, 4 2BR, 2 4BR
- Apartments
- 10
- Income-restricted
- 10
- Placed in service
- 2000
State Street Apts
198 State St, New Bedford, MA 02740
2 1BR, 10 2BR, 6 3BR
- Apartments
- 18
- Income-restricted
- 18
- Placed in service
- 2002
Temple Landing I
97 107 Emerson St, New Bedford, MA
- Apartments
- 84
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Temple Landing II
331a 351 Middle St, New Bedford, MA
- Apartments
- 75
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
United Front Two (New Bedford)
285 Ash St, New Bedford, MA 02740
10 1BR, 40 2BR, 32 3BR, 3 4BR
- Apartments
- 85
- Income-restricted
- 85
- Placed in service
- 2011
Verdean Gardens
163 Walnut St, New Bedford, MA 02740
- Apartments
- 110
- Income-restricted
- 28
- Placed in service
- n/a
Wamsutta Apts Phase II
184 State St, New Bedford, MA 02740
1 studio, 71 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 78
- Income-restricted
- 71
- Placed in service
- 1999
Whaler's Cove
114 Riverside Ave, New Bedford, MA 02746
90 studio, 24 1BR, 6 2BR
- Apartments
- 120
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Whaler's Place
90 Riverside Ave, New Bedford, MA 02746
1 studio, 69 1BR, 5 2BR
- Apartments
- 75
- Income-restricted
- 75
- Placed in service
- n/a
Willis Street
1333 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
25 studio, 3 1BR, 2 2BR
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 2020
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.