Alston Lake Apts
2430 Alston Ave, North Charleston, SC 29406
27 2BR, 45 3BR
- Apartments
- 72
- Income-restricted
- 72
- Placed in service
- 2006
South Carolina
Tax credit apartments in North Charleston, SC
HUD's database lists 12 properties in North Charleston built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,032 apartments, 971 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Birchwood Apts
2001 Stokes Ave, North Charleston, SC 29406
32 2BR, 32 3BR
- Apartments
- 64
- Income-restricted
- 64
- Placed in service
- 2004
Greentree North
2630 Otranto Rd, North Charleston, SC 29406
32 1BR, 48 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 96
- Income-restricted
- 96
- Placed in service
- 2012
Horizon Village
3835 Spruill Ave, North Charleston, SC TIM S
68 1BR, 112 2BR, 108 3BR, 18 4BR
- Apartments
- 306
- Income-restricted
- 281
- Placed in service
- 2007
Ivy Ridge Apts
2215 Greenridge Rd, North Charleston, SC 29406
12 1BR, 41 2BR, 18 3BR
- Apartments
- 71
- Income-restricted
- 71
- Placed in service
- 2007
Osprey Place Apts
2390 Baker Hospital Blvd, North Charleston, SC 29405
36 2BR, 72 3BR
- Apartments
- 108
- Income-restricted
- 72
- Placed in service
- 2004
Phoenix Apts
3841 St Johns Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405
2 1BR, 10 2BR, 4 3BR
- Apartments
- 16
- Income-restricted
- 16
- Placed in service
- 2004
Rivers Place Apartments
7511 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29406
12 1BR, 24 2BR, 12 3BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2016
The Gardens At Montague
4840 Upjohn Rd, North Charleston, SC 29405
32 2BR, 32 3BR
- Apartments
- 64
- Income-restricted
- 64
- Placed in service
- 2005
The Villas At Horizon Village (2009 Tcex Exch)
3800 Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405
HUD lists it as senior housing · 55 1BR, 16 2BR
- Apartments
- 71
- Income-restricted
- 71
- Placed in service
- 2010
West Yard Lofts
2375 Noisette Blvd, North Charleston, SC 29405
10 1BR, 26 2BR, 24 3BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 60
- Placed in service
- 2010
Willow Trace
8180 Windsor Hill Blvd, North Charleston, SC 29420
24 2BR, 32 3BR
- Apartments
- 56
- Income-restricted
- 56
- Placed in service
- 2003
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.