Puerto Rico

Tax credit apartments in Ponce, PR

HUD's database lists 11 properties in Ponce built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,410 apartments, 1,409 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Aristides Chavier Public Housing 1

Eduardo Ruperte St, Ponce, PR

72 1BR, 108 2BR, 132 3BR, 48 4BR

Apartments
360
Income-restricted
360
Placed in service
2011

Dr Rafael Lopez Nussa Public Housing 1

Pr2 Cana Urbano, Ponce, PR

48 1BR, 84 2BR, 56 3BR, 32 4BR

Apartments
220
Income-restricted
220
Placed in service
2010

Egida Del Policia Zona Sur

7719 Calle Dr Tommayrac, Ponce, PR 00717

HUD lists it as senior housing · 10 studio, 56 1BR

Apartments
66
Income-restricted
66
Placed in service
2006

El Remanso De Paz

Villa Venus Reina Mercurio Sts, Ponce, PR

50 1BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2007

La Ceiba Public Housing 1

Acacia St, Ponce, PR

32 2BR, 76 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
112
Income-restricted
112
Placed in service
2009

La Trinidad

11 Calle Castillo, Ponce, PR 00730

Apartments
130
Income-restricted
130
Placed in service
2012

Ponce Darlington

9113 Calle Marina, Ponce, PR 00717

HUD lists it as senior housing · 151 1BR

Apartments
150
Income-restricted
150
Placed in service
2009

Ponce De Leon Public Housing 1

1649 W St SE, Ponce, PR

20 1BR, 12 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
52
Income-restricted
52
Placed in service
2009

Ponce Elderly Housing Development I

144 Villa Final St, Ponce, PR

HUD lists it as senior housing · 94 1BR

Apartments
94
Income-restricted
94
Placed in service
2004

Ponce Elderly Housing Development II

216 Hostos Ave, Ponce, PR

HUD lists it as senior housing · 80 1BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2006

Villa Miramar

Pr-132 Km 22 1, Ponce, PR

6 2BR, 90 3BR

Apartments
96
Income-restricted
95
Placed in service
2014

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.