Missouri

Tax credit apartments in University City, MO

HUD's database lists 10 properties in University City built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 386 apartments, 384 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

1312 Eastover Ave

1312 Eastover Ave, University City, MO 63130

1 3BR

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1992

6937 Etzel Ave

6937 Etzel Ave, University City, MO 63130

1 3BR

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1988

7009 Melrose Ave

7009 Melrose Ave, University City, MO 63130

1 3BR

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1988

720-22 Eastgate

720 Eastgate Ave, University City, MO 63130

9 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments
12
Income-restricted
12
Placed in service
1989

804 Eastgate Ave

804 Eastgate Ave, University City, MO 63130

6 4BR

Apartments
6
Income-restricted
6
Placed in service
1989

Cates Residence

6318 Cates Ave, University City, MO 63130

1 4BR

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1990

Ehpc 9

1323 Westover Ave, University City, MO 63130

11 3BR

Apartments
11
Income-restricted
11
Placed in service
2000

Parkview Gardens Rehabilitation I

6305 Cabanne Ave, University City, MO 63130

24 1BR, 34 2BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
64
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
1996

Parkview Place

701 Westgate Ave, University City, MO 63130

39 studio, 117 1BR

Apartments
156
Income-restricted
156
Placed in service
2004

University Commons

6416 Olive Blvd, University City, MO 63130

40 1BR, 40 2BR, 44 3BR, 9 4BR

Apartments
133
Income-restricted
131
Placed in service
2002

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.