Ohio

Tax credit apartments in Lancaster, OH

HUD's database lists 12 properties in Lancaster built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 791 apartments, 691 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Canal Place

107 S Columbus St, Lancaster, OH 43130

HUD lists it as senior housing · 2 studio, 23 1BR, 10 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
36
Placed in service
2001

Hunters Hill

888 Elizabeth Dr, Lancaster, OH 43130

Apartments
96
Income-restricted
96
Placed in service
1993

Hunterwood Park

330 Trace Dr, Lancaster, OH 43130

HUD lists it as senior housing · 50 1BR, 31 2BR, 16 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
101
Placed in service
2010

Lancaster Club Apartments

180 Sells Road, Lancaster, OH 43130

48 2BR, 44 3BR

Apartments
92
Income-restricted
92
Placed in service
2020

Lupher Rentals

703 W Mulberry St, Lancaster, OH 43130

Apartments
2
Income-restricted
2
Placed in service
1988

Muirwood Village Phase II

321 Scotland Pl, Lancaster, OH 43130

Apartments
128
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
1989

New Seton Lancaster

232 Gay St, Lancaster, OH 43130

33 1BR

Apartments
33
Income-restricted
33
Placed in service
2009

Pearl House

218 W Chestnut St, Lancaster, OH 43130

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
n/a
Placed in service
2014

Pershing House

1549 N Columbus St, Lancaster, OH 43130

HUD lists it as senior housing · 33 1BR, 7 2BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2007

River Valley Apts

2039 Farmview Dr, Lancaster, OH 43130

Apartments
144
Income-restricted
144
Placed in service
1994

Shoshone

438 Shoshone Dr, Lancaster, OH 43130

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1988

Windsor Place

141 Graceland Dr, Lancaster, OH 43130

HUD lists it as senior housing · 81 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
82
Income-restricted
82
Placed in service
2006

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.