North Carolina

Tax credit apartments in Lenoir, NC

HUD's database lists 7 properties in Lenoir built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 413 apartments, 409 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Arbor Glen Apartments

100 Abington Road, Lenoir, NC 28645

HUD lists it as senior housing · 32 1BR, 18 2BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2016

Caldwell Gardens

1302 Piedmont Drive, Lenoir, NC 28645

18 1BR, 49 2BR, 22 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
97
Income-restricted
97
Placed in service
2010

East Harper Street Apartments

506 Harper Avenue N W, Lenoir, NC 28645

8 1BR, 24 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments
46
Income-restricted
46
Placed in service
2006

Koinonia II

314 Main St, Lenoir, NC 28645

HUD lists it as senior housing · 38 1BR, 4 2BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
38
Placed in service
2001

Lhs Apartments

102 Willow Street SW, Lenoir, NC 28645

HUD lists it as senior housing · 41 1BR, 3 2BR

Apartments
44
Income-restricted
44
Placed in service
1990

Viridian

185 Linkside Court, Lenoir, NC 28645

36 2BR, 28 3BR

Apartments
64
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
2015

Woodcrest Apartments

226 Wilson Street, Lenoir, NC 28645

10 1BR, 22 2BR, 28 3BR, 10 4BR

Apartments
70
Income-restricted
70
Placed in service
2013

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.