Massachusetts

Tax credit apartments in Worcester, MA

HUD's database lists 38 properties in Worcester built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,954 apartments, 2,413 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

24 26 Lagrange Street

24 26 Lagrange St, Worcester, MA

Apartments: 3
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

30 Beacon St

30 Beacon St, Worcester, MA 01608

1 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments: 3
Income-restricted: 3
Placed in service: 1990

800 Main St

800 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610

1 1BR, 1 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 5
Income-restricted: 5
Placed in service: 1993

9 May Street Apts

9 May St, Worcester, MA 01610

11 1BR, 20 2BR, 15 3BR

Apartments: 46
Income-restricted: 46
Placed in service: 2009

Austin Corridor II

84 Piedmont St, Worcester, MA 01609

3 1BR, 5 2BR, 11 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments: 20
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: 2013

Autumn Woods

15 Upland Gardens Dr, Worcester, MA 01607

60 1BR, 154 2BR, 60 3BR

Apartments: 274
Income-restricted: 258
Placed in service: 2001

Bc Stratton Hill

161 Mountain Street West, Worcester, MA 01606

18 studio, 82 1BR, 45 2BR, 11 3BR

Apartments: 156
Income-restricted: 78
Placed in service: 2018

Beacon & Oread Redevelopment Project

24 Oread St, Worcester, MA 01608

2 1BR, 12 2BR, 17 3BR, 3 4BR

Apartments: 34
Income-restricted: 34
Placed in service: 2001

Beaver Apts

974 Main St, Worcester, MA 01603

2 studio, 11 1BR, 10 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 26
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: 1993

Central Building

322-332 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608

1 studio, 17 1BR, 34 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 55
Income-restricted: 36
Placed in service: 2019

Chandler

126 Chandler, Worcester, MA 01609

HUD lists it as senior housing · 10 1BR, 13 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments: 31
Income-restricted: 31
Placed in service: 2020

Chevalier

48 Water St, Worcester, MA 01604

54 1BR, 10 2BR

Apartments: 64
Income-restricted: 32
Placed in service: 2011

Christopher Heights Of Worcester

20 Mary Scano Dr, Worcester, MA 01605

66 studio, 14 1BR

Apartments: 80
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: 1997

Coes Pond Village

39 First St, Worcester, MA 01602

203 1BR, 47 2BR

Apartments: 250
Income-restricted: 227
Placed in service: 1999

Dale Street Development Phase I

21 Dale St, Worcester, MA 01610

6 2BR, 4 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments: 18
Income-restricted: 18
Placed in service: 1997

Dale Street Development Phase II

1 Allendale St, Worcester, MA 01610

4 1BR, 6 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments: 15
Income-restricted: 15
Placed in service: 2000

Erie Street Infill

10a Austin St, Worcester, MA 01609

Apartments: 18
Income-restricted: 18
Placed in service: 1988

Freeland Apts LP

979 Main St, Worcester, MA 01603

6 2BR, 12 3BR, 3 4BR

Apartments: 21
Income-restricted: 21
Placed in service: 1999

Fruit Sever

6 Sever Street, Worcester, MA 01609

40 1BR, 58 2BR, 30 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments: 134
Income-restricted: 120
Placed in service: 2018

Hadley Apts II

657 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610

Apartments: 1
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Hadley Building Apts

455 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608

27 1BR, 13 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments: 44
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: 2009

Kilby Gardner Hammond 4

22 Kilby St, Worcester, MA 01610

6 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments: 22
Income-restricted: 22
Placed in service: 2012

Lagrange Street

24 Lagrange St, Worcester, MA 01610

3 4BR

Apartments: 3
Income-restricted: 3
Placed in service: 1994

Plantation Tower

301 Plantation St, Worcester, MA 01604

Apartments: 107
Income-restricted: 27
Placed in service: 1987

Plumley Village

16 Laurel St, Worcester, MA 01608

12 1BR, 124 2BR, 195 3BR, 97 4BR

Apartments: 428
Income-restricted: 423
Placed in service: 1987

Seabury Heights

240 Belmont St, Worcester, MA 01604

HUD lists it as senior housing · 235 1BR, 67 2BR

Apartments: 302
Income-restricted: 300
Placed in service: 2003

Southgate Place (Worcester)

140 Grand St, Worcester, MA 01603

3 1BR, 19 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 25
Income-restricted: 25
Placed in service: 2011

Standish Apts I

5 May St, Worcester, MA 01610

Apartments: 13
Income-restricted: 13
Placed in service: 1987

Standish Apts II

767 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610

8 1BR, 10 2BR, 10 3BR

Apartments: 28
Income-restricted: 28
Placed in service: 2006

The Standish Apts

769 771 Main St, Worcester, MA

Apartments: 28
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Union Hill Apts

49 Wall St, Worcester, MA 01604

2 2BR, 24 3BR, 14 4BR

Apartments: 40
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: 1996

Voke Lofts

21 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA 01609

Apartments: 42
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Wellington

6 Jacques Avenue, Worcester, MA 01610

69 1BR, 85 2BR, 20 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments: 180
Income-restricted: 178
Placed in service: 2017

Whittier Terrace Apts

86 Austin St, Worcester, MA 01609

113 1BR, 38 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments: 163
Income-restricted: 163
Placed in service: 2005

Worcester Court House

2 Main Street, Worcester, MA 06108

HUD lists it as senior housing · 23 studio, 52 1BR, 31 2BR, 11 3BR

Apartments: 117
Income-restricted: 66
Placed in service: 2020

Worcester Loomworks - Phase 2

93 Grand Street, Worcester, MA 01610

32 1BR, 23 2BR

Apartments: 55
Income-restricted: 55
Placed in service: 2015

Worcester Loomworks Phase 2

93 Grand St, Worcester, MA 01610

Apartments: 55
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Worcester Loomworks-9% Phase Two

93 Grand Street, Worcester, MA 01610

12 1BR, 36 2BR

Apartments: 48
Income-restricted: 48
Placed in service: 2016

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.