Chatham Terrace Apts
Chester, PA
4 1BR, 20 2BR, 24 3BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2008
Pennsylvania
Tax credit apartments in Chester, PA
HUD's database lists 16 properties in Chester built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 864 apartments, 770 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Cliff House
2700 Chestnut St, Chester, PA 19013
HUD lists it as senior housing · 68 1BR
- Apartments
- 68
- Income-restricted
- 68
- Placed in service
- 1998
Delaware County Fairgrounds
12 Engle St, Chester, PA 19013
34 2BR, 39 3BR
- Apartments
- 73
- Income-restricted
- 73
- Placed in service
- 2008
Delaware County Fairgrounds II
12th Engle Sts, Chester, PA 19013
8 1BR, 36 2BR, 23 3BR, 4 4BR
- Apartments
- 71
- Income-restricted
- 71
- Placed in service
- 2010
Edgemont Senior Apts
1001 Ave Of The States, Chester, PA 19013
- Apartments
- 87
- Income-restricted
- 87
- Placed in service
- 2010
Gateway Sr Apts
1115 Ave Of The States, Chester, PA 19013
HUD lists it as senior housing · 60 1BR, 4 2BR
- Apartments
- 64
- Income-restricted
- 64
- Placed in service
- 2013
Jefferis Square
Scattered Sites, Chester, PA 19013
2 1BR, 14 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 36
- Income-restricted
- 36
- Placed in service
- 2015
Madison Sr Apts
1000 Madison St, Chester, PA 19013
- Apartments
- 38
- Income-restricted
- 38
- Placed in service
- 2010
Madison Street
507 E 11th St, Chester, PA 19013
2 2BR, 21 3BR
- Apartments
- 23
- Income-restricted
- 23
- Placed in service
- 1996
Madison Street Target Area
807a Madison St, Chester, PA 19013
40 3BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 40
- Placed in service
- 1998
Matopos Hills
925 John St, Chester, PA 19013
HUD lists it as senior housing · 80 1BR, 2 2BR
- Apartments
- 82
- Income-restricted
- 82
- Placed in service
- 2007
Pentecostal Square
325 Pusey St, Chester, PA 19013
HUD lists it as senior housing · 53 1BR, 17 2BR
- Apartments
- 69
- Income-restricted
- 69
- Placed in service
- 2010
Senior Village At Lamokin
600 Edwards St, Chester, PA 19013
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
Upland Street
1005 Upland St, Chester, PA 19013
15 3BR
- Apartments
- 15
- Income-restricted
- 15
- Placed in service
- 1995
Wellington Ridge
3000 W 13th St, Chester, PA 19013
28 1BR, 11 2BR, 17 3BR
- Apartments
- 56
- Income-restricted
- 56
- Placed in service
- 2003
Wellington Ridge II
3001 W 13th St, Chester, PA 19013
- Apartments
- 54
- Income-restricted
- n/a
- Placed in service
- n/a
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.