Rhode Island

Tax credit apartments in Pawtucket, RI

HUD's database lists 13 properties in Pawtucket built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 863 apartments, 860 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

40-42 Park Street

40 Park St, Pawtucket, RI 02860

2 1BR, 25 2BR

Apartments
27
Income-restricted
27
Placed in service
1994

950 Main Street

950 Main St, Pawtucket, RI 02860

4 1BR, 17 2BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
21
Placed in service
1994

Barton St Revitalization

64 Olive St, Pawtucket, RI 02860

6 1BR, 8 2BR, 10 3BR, 3 4BR

Apartments
27
Income-restricted
27
Placed in service
2003

Blackstone Valley Gateways

204 Broad St, Pawtucket, RI 02860

4 1BR, 17 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
33
Income-restricted
33
Placed in service
2011

Blackstone Valley Gateways II

Broad Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

14 1BR, 13 2BR, 10 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
41
Income-restricted
41
Placed in service
2015

Branch Blackstone

Branch Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

5 1BR, 19 2BR, 20 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
46
Income-restricted
46
Placed in service
2018

Centennial Towers

35 Goff Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860

HUD lists it as senior housing · 93 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
101
Placed in service
2003

Lonsdale Senior Housing

455 Lonsdale Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860

HUD lists it as senior housing · 121 1BR, 10 2BR

Apartments
131
Income-restricted
131
Placed in service
2006

Neighborhood Preservation Apts (Npa)

393 W Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860

12 2BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
18
Income-restricted
18
Placed in service
1992

Prospect Heights I

560 Prospect Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

24 1BR, 42 2BR, 30 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
101
Placed in service
2017

Prospect Heights II

Prospect Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

8 1BR, 66 2BR, 36 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments
115
Income-restricted
115
Placed in service
2019

Prospect Heights III

Prospect Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

20 1BR, 42 2BR, 27 3BR, 7 4BR

Apartments
96
Income-restricted
96
Placed in service
2020

Riverstone Apts

38 Mary St, Pawtucket, RI 02860

78 1BR, 23 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments
103
Income-restricted
103
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.