Tennessee

Tax credit apartments in Columbia, TN

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Columbia built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 877 apartments, 875 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Cedar Pointe

100 Timber Trail, Columbia, TN 38401

12 1BR, 48 2BR, 52 3BR

Apartments
112
Income-restricted
112
Placed in service
2015

Creekside Acres & Southern Hills

108 E. Willow Street, Columbia, TN 38401

23 1BR, 61 2BR, 44 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments
144
Income-restricted
142
Placed in service
2018

Foxhill Ridge Apartments

1815 Reedy Way, Columbia, TN 38401

12 1BR, 46 2BR, 30 3BR

Apartments
88
Income-restricted
88
Placed in service
2020

Hallmark At Columbia

400 Hallmark Dr, Columbia, TN 38401

64 3BR

Apartments
64
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
2007

Hampton Ridge Apts

1000 Mcmeen Cir, Columbia, TN 38401

92 2BR, 48 3BR

Apartments
140
Income-restricted
140
Placed in service
1998

Northridge And Northridge Annex

1262 Mcbride Circle & 1512 Ryan Place, Columbia, TN 38401

38 1BR, 36 2BR, 20 3BR, 11 4BR

Apartments
105
Income-restricted
105
Placed in service
2019

River Highlands Apts

1508 Tom J Hitch Pkwy, Columbia, TN 38401

8 1BR, 48 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
72
Placed in service
2005

Stonebridge Apts

500 Stonebridge Way, Columbia, TN 38401

40 1BR, 24 2BR

Apartments
64
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
2007

Walker Court Apartments

1900 Archway Dr, Columbia, TN 38401

44 2BR, 44 3BR

Apartments
88
Income-restricted
88
Placed in service
2020

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.