284 South Columbus Avenue
284 S Columbus Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10553
5 studio, 29 1BR, 26 2BR, 5 3BR
- Apartments
- 76
- Income-restricted
- 65
- Placed in service
- 1995
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Tax credit apartments in Mt Vernon, NY
HUD's database lists 14 properties in Mt Vernon built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,293 apartments, 1,241 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Community Gardens
470 S Fifth Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
HUD lists it as senior housing · 54 1BR
- Apartments
- 55
- Income-restricted
- 54
- Placed in service
- 2002
Enclave On 5th
15 S Fifth Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
HUD lists it as senior housing
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 2014
Grace Plaza
159 S Fifth Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
HUD lists it as senior housing · 82 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 83
- Income-restricted
- 83
- Placed in service
- 2005
Grace Towers Housing II
E Third St, Mt Vernon, NY
44 1BR, 88 2BR, 1 3BR
- Apartments
- 133
- Income-restricted
- 117
- Placed in service
- 2010
Kings Court
117 S Second Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
16 2BR, 4 3BR
- Apartments
- 21
- Income-restricted
- 20
- Placed in service
- 2004
Levister Towers
240 S Seventh Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
200 1BR, 243 2BR, 45 3BR
- Apartments
- 488
- Income-restricted
- 488
- Placed in service
- 2005
Macedonia Towers
150 S Fifth Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
HUD lists it as senior housing · 28 studio, 68 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 97
- Income-restricted
- 97
- Placed in service
- 2004
Marie Louise Heins Residences II
55 Bradley Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10552
- Apartments
- 61
- Income-restricted
- 61
- Placed in service
- 2013
Sixty At West 1st Street
60 W First St, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
19 1BR, 24 2BR
- Apartments
- 43
- Income-restricted
- 43
- Placed in service
- 2011
South 15th Ave Apts
12 S 15th Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
27 1BR, 17 2BR, 12 3BR
- Apartments
- 66
- Income-restricted
- 56
- Placed in service
- 1995
South Side Properties
501 S Second Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
HUD lists it as senior housing · 20 1BR, 8 2BR
- Apartments
- 39
- Income-restricted
- 28
- Placed in service
- 1991
St John The Divine Episcopal Senior Res
259 S Columbus Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10553
HUD lists it as senior housing · 20 1BR
- Apartments
- 20
- Income-restricted
- 20
- Placed in service
- 2005
Unity Gardens
125 S Second Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
HUD lists it as senior housing · 70 1BR
- Apartments
- 71
- Income-restricted
- 70
- Placed in service
- 1999
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.