Tennessee

Tax credit apartments in Madison, TN

HUD's database lists 7 properties in Madison built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,228 apartments, 1,229 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Charter Village Apts

333 Rio Vista Dr, Madison, TN 37115

80 1BR, 130 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
250
Income-restricted
250
Placed in service
2007

Chippington Tower Apartments I & II

94 Berkley Dr. & 1310 Coreland Dr., Madison, TN 37115

HUD lists it as senior housing · 63 studio, 362 1BR

Apartments
425
Income-restricted
425
Placed in service
2024

Nashwood Park Apts

1040 N Dupont Ave, Madison, TN 37115

20 1BR, 40 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
100
Placed in service
1999

October Homes

606 N Dupont Ave, Madison, TN 37115

21 1BR, 71 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
104
Income-restricted
104
Placed in service
2011

River Retreat Apartments

800 Cheyenne Blvd, Madison, TN 37115

32 1BR, 112 2BR

Apartments
144
Income-restricted
145
Placed in service
2016

Riverwood Tower

621 N Dupont Avenue, Madison, TN 37115

HUD lists it as senior housing · 117 1BR

Apartments
117
Income-restricted
117
Placed in service
2021

Spring Branch Apts

1830 Spring Branch Dr, Madison, TN 37115

32 2BR, 56 3BR

Apartments
88
Income-restricted
88
Placed in service
2001

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.