Massachusetts

Tax credit apartments in Roxbury, MA

HUD's database lists 40 properties in Roxbury built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,399 apartments, 1,995 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

2055 Columbus Ave

2055 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

37 studio, 6 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments: 44
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: 2005

Academy Homes I

1584 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

23 1BR, 42 2BR, 80 3BR, 57 4BR

Apartments: 202
Income-restricted: 150
Placed in service: 1999

Amory Terrace LP

89 Amory St, Roxbury, MA 02119

15 1BR, 42 2BR, 7 3BR

Apartments: 64
Income-restricted: 64
Placed in service: 2005

Bancroft Apts

1871 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 45
Placed in service: 1994

Blue Hill LP

6 12 Ernst St, Roxbury, MA

13 2BR, 30 3BR, 2 4BR

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

Brook Avenue Cooperative

147 Moreland St, Roxbury, MA 02119

1 2BR, 33 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments: 36
Income-restricted: 36
Placed in service: 1998

Cleaves Court Apts

5 Cleaves St, Roxbury, MA 02119

8 1BR, 17 2BR, 7 3BR

Apartments: 36
Income-restricted: 32
Placed in service: 1997

Columbia Wood II

36 38 Normandy, Roxbury, MA

Apartments: 47
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Commerce Apts

202 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119

32 1BR, 22 2BR, 6 3BR

Apartments: 60
Income-restricted: 60
Placed in service: 1996

Daly House

318 Dudley St, Roxbury, MA 02119

19 studio

Apartments: 19
Income-restricted: 19
Placed in service: 1993

Dartmouth Hotel LP

39 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119

20 studio, 25 1BR

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

Dudley Sro

430 Dudley St, Roxbury, MA 02119

68 1BR

Apartments: 68
Income-restricted: 67
Placed in service: 2001

Egleston Crossing

3033 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119

4 studio, 15 1BR, 44 2BR

Apartments: 63
Income-restricted: 63
Placed in service: 2005

Gardner, Crawford & Thane

270 Roxbury St, Roxbury, MA 02119

24 1BR, 26 2BR, 9 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments: 64
Income-restricted: 49
Placed in service: n/a

Granite/laconcha

1 Forest St, Roxbury, MA 02119

Apartments: 97
Income-restricted: 39
Placed in service: 1990

Haynes House Apts

735 Shawmut Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

26 1BR, 105 2BR

Apartments: 131
Income-restricted: 95
Placed in service: 1995

Highland House

250 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119

14 studio

Apartments: 14
Income-restricted: 14
Placed in service: 1996

Holborn Terrace

3 4 Holborn Ter, Roxbury, MA

Apartments: 8
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Humboldt Apts

51 Humboldt Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

2 studio, 6 1BR, 9 2BR, 3 4BR

Apartments: 20
Income-restricted: 20
Placed in service: 1993

Infill 2 Development

169 Mlk Blvd, Roxbury, MA 02119

4 2BR, 6 3BR, 3 4BR

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

Madison Park Apts IV

122 Dewitt Dr, Roxbury, MA 02120

126 2BR, 17 3BR

Apartments: 143
Income-restricted: 143
Placed in service: 2012

Mr Lee's Lodge

23 Alaska St, Roxbury, MA 02119

Apartments: 18
Income-restricted: 8
Placed in service: 1989

Mt Pleasant

2 Waverly St, Roxbury, MA 02119

3 studio, 51 1BR, 40 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments: 98
Income-restricted: 98
Placed in service: 2002

Orchard Park I

Roxbury, MA

23 1BR, 32 2BR, 25 3BR, 10 4BR

Apartments: 90
Income-restricted: 68
Placed in service: 1997

Orchard Park II

120 Eustis St, Roxbury, MA 02119

12 1BR, 41 2BR, 53 3BR, 20 4BR

Apartments: 126
Income-restricted: 95
Placed in service: 1998

Orchard Park Iiia

Roxbury, MA

49 1BR, 21 2BR, 23 3BR

Apartments: 93
Income-restricted: 80
Placed in service: 2000

Orchard Park Iiib

Roxbury, MA

9 2BR, 9 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 22
Income-restricted: 20
Placed in service: 1999

Orchard Park Off Site Phase I

206 Dudley St, Roxbury, MA 02119

15 1BR, 27 2BR, 29 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments: 76
Income-restricted: 64
Placed in service: 1999

Renwood Housing For Pwa

36 Edgewood St, Roxbury, MA 02119

10 studio, 10 2BR, 2 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: 1993

Renwood-cunard

1 Copeland Park, Roxbury, MA 02119

Apartments: 17
Income-restricted: 17
Placed in service: 1990

Ruggles Assisted Living

25 Ruggles St, Roxbury, MA 02119

43 studio

Apartments: 43
Income-restricted: 43
Placed in service: 2001

Ruggles Shawmut Housing

41 Ruggles St, Roxbury, MA 02119

4 studio, 28 1BR, 9 2BR, 2 3BR

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

Sargent Prince

39 Roxbury St, Roxbury, MA 02119

30 studio

Apartments: 30
Income-restricted: 30
Placed in service: 1996

Savin Creston

392a Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119

4 1BR, 14 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments: 26
Income-restricted: 26
Placed in service: 1997

Smith House Apts

757 Shawmut Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

132 1BR

Apartments: 132
Income-restricted: 132
Placed in service: 1996

Stafford Heights

10 Stafford St, Roxbury, MA 02119

11 2BR, 25 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments: 41
Income-restricted: 41
Placed in service: 1994

Thomas I Atkins Apts

225 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

11 1BR, 25 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments: 48
Income-restricted: 48
Placed in service: 2010

Van Ness Terrace

238 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: 20
Placed in service: 1989

Wardman Apts

19 Wardman Rd, Roxbury, MA 02119

19 1BR, 37 2BR, 20 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments: 88
Income-restricted: 88
Placed in service: 2001

Westminster Court Apts

30 Westminster Ct, Roxbury, MA 02119

25 1BR, 45 2BR

Apartments: 70
Income-restricted: 51
Placed in service: 1997

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.