50-55 South Essex Avenue #1201
50 S Essex Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
13 1BR, 31 2BR, 19 3BR
- Apartments
- 71
- Income-restricted
- 63
- Placed in service
- 2014
New Jersey
Tax credit apartments in Orange, NJ
HUD's database lists 13 properties in Orange built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,118 apartments, 938 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Galento Plaza Transit Village
32 Lincoln Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
- Apartments
- 113
- Income-restricted
- 61
- Placed in service
- 2016
Harvard Printing
550 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
53 1BR, 12 2BR, 5 3BR
- Apartments
- 128
- Income-restricted
- 70
- Placed in service
- 2017
Harvard Printing Mixed Income
550 Central Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050
- Apartments
- 128
- Income-restricted
- 70
- Placed in service
- 2017
Lincoln Court Phase II #480
357 Lincoln Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
- Apartments
- 1
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Litc#06902 Tri-corner Homes
307 Washington St, Orange, NJ 07050
7 1BR, 26 2BR, 18 3BR
- Apartments
- 51
- Income-restricted
- 51
- Placed in service
- 2008
Litc#06913 Essex Housing Preservation
219 S Center St, Orange, NJ 07050
6 1BR, 17 2BR, 30 3BR
- Apartments
- 53
- Income-restricted
- 53
- Placed in service
- 2007
Millennium Homes@washington & Day #664
219 S Center St, Orange, NJ 07050
3 1BR, 24 2BR, 11 3BR
- Apartments
- 38
- Income-restricted
- 38
- Placed in service
- 2005
Mt. Carmel
268 Oakwood Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
21 studio, 121 1BR
- Apartments
- 143
- Income-restricted
- 142
- Placed in service
- 2002
Oakwood Towers
400 Oakwood Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050
- Apartments
- 237
- Income-restricted
- 236
- Placed in service
- 2016
Walter G. Alexander Development - Phase I
105 Wilson Pl, Orange, NJ 07050
12 1BR, 33 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 65
- Income-restricted
- 65
- Placed in service
- 2012
Walter G. Alexander Redevelopment Phase II
105 Wilson Pl, Orange, NJ 07050
44 1BR, 4 2BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2012
Walter G. Alexander Village Phase III
105 Wilson Pl, Orange, NJ 07050
21 1BR, 8 2BR, 13 3BR
- Apartments
- 42
- Income-restricted
- 41
- 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.