Mississippi

Tax credit apartments in Columbus, MS

HUD's database lists 10 properties in Columbus built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 426 apartments, 422 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Columbus Gardens

1104 11th Ave S, Columbus, MS 39701

HUD lists it as senior housing · 20 1BR, 4 2BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
1999

Columbus Heights Subdivision

260 Miley Loop, Columbus, MS 39702

49 3BR, 34 4BR

Apartments
85
Income-restricted
83
Placed in service
2008

Cypress Park Apts II

300 S Lehmberg Rd, Columbus, MS 39702

16 1BR, 32 2BR, 48 3BR

Apartments
96
Income-restricted
95
Placed in service
2005

Eastbrooke Apartments

418 N. Lehmberg Rd., Columbus, MS 39072

HUD lists it as senior housing · 54 1BR, 6 2BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2022

Hargrove Estates

278 Hargrove Cir, Columbus, MS 39702

41 3BR

Apartments
41
Income-restricted
41
Placed in service
2011

Lowndes Properties I

75 Brisbane Dr, Columbus, MS 39702

26 3BR

Apartments
26
Income-restricted
26
Placed in service
2011

Lowndes Properties II

81 Sydney Loop, Columbus, MS 39702

26 3BR

Apartments
26
Income-restricted
25
Placed in service
2012

Lowndes Properties III

15 Brisbane Drive, Columbus, MS 39701

24 3BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
2015

Providence Place

105 Providence Pl, Columbus, MS 39702

21 3BR

Apartments
21
Income-restricted
21
Placed in service
2008

Providence Two

11 Vann Ct, Columbus, MS 39702

23 3BR

Apartments
23
Income-restricted
23
Placed in service
2011

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.