New Jersey

Tax credit apartments in Burlington, NJ

HUD's database lists 5 properties in Burlington built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 273 apartments, 273 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Apartments At The Mill

505 Mitchell Avenue, Burlington, NJ 08016

Apartments
65
Income-restricted
65
Placed in service
2015

Metropolitan Inn

400 High Street, Burlington, NJ 08016

Apartments
16
Income-restricted
16
Placed in service
2002

Project Freedom At Historic Roebling

2135 Route 130, Burlington, NJ 08554

18 1BR, 36 2BR, 18 3BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
72
Placed in service
2025

The Place At Burlington

100 Sunrise Place, Burlington, NJ 08016

6 1BR, 48 2BR, 30 3BR

Apartments
84
Income-restricted
84
Placed in service
2024

West Electronic

240 E Pearl St, Burlington, NJ 08016

1 studio, 35 1BR

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
36
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.