Ansell Gardens
303 Ansell Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23702
78 2BR
- Apartments
- 78
- Income-restricted
- 78
- Placed in service
- 2005
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Tax credit apartments in Portsmouth, VA
HUD's database lists 31 properties in Portsmouth built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 3,499 apartments, 3,480 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Arbour Reach
3602 Tejo Ln, Portsmouth, VA 23703
92 2BR
- Apartments
- 92
- Income-restricted
- 92
- Placed in service
- 1998
Belle Hall
127 Cheyenne Trail, Portsmouth, VA 23701
76 2BR, 44 3BR
- Apartments
- 120
- Income-restricted
- 120
- Placed in service
- 2009
Commons At Greenwood
205 Bedford Ct, Portsmouth, VA 23701
HUD lists it as senior housing · 36 2BR
- Apartments
- 52
- Income-restricted
- 36
- Placed in service
- 1995
Crescent Place
2804 Turnpike Rd, Portsmouth, VA 23707
16 1BR, 104 2BR, 36 3BR
- Apartments
- 156
- Income-restricted
- 156
- Placed in service
- 2008
Dale Homes - Phase I
2300 Columbus Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23704
38 1BR, 70 2BR, 30 3BR, 8 4BR
- Apartments
- 146
- Income-restricted
- 146
- Placed in service
- 2017
Dale Homes Phase II
2300 Columbus Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23704
HUD lists it as senior housing · 32 1BR, 72 2BR, 46 3BR
- Apartments
- 150
- Income-restricted
- 150
- Placed in service
- 2018
Effingham Plaza
715 Madison St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
HUD lists it as senior housing · 146 1BR, 32 2BR
- Apartments
- 178
- Income-restricted
- 177
- Placed in service
- 2010
Hamilton Place Phase I
3401 Turnpike Rd, Portsmouth, VA 23707
12 1BR, 61 2BR, 11 3BR
- Apartments
- 84
- Income-restricted
- 84
- Placed in service
- 2011
Holley Pointe
622 Effingham St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
40 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 50
- Income-restricted
- 50
- Placed in service
- 2021
Hope Village
611 Sixth Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704
16 1BR, 16 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2015
Independence Square
5120 George Washington Hwy, Portsmouth, VA 23702
33 1BR, 106 2BR, 13 3BR
- Apartments
- 152
- Income-restricted
- 152
- Placed in service
- 2006
King Square
606 Phoebus St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
8 1BR, 34 2BR, 15 3BR
- Apartments
- 57
- Income-restricted
- 57
- Placed in service
- 2008
Lexington Place Phase I
1 Lexington Drive, Portsmouth, VA 23704
10 1BR, 47 2BR, 15 3BR
- Apartments
- 72
- Income-restricted
- 72
- Placed in service
- 2021
London Oaks
2680 High St, Portsmouth, VA 23707
48 1BR, 144 2BR, 74 3BR, 30 4BR
- Apartments
- 296
- Income-restricted
- 296
- Placed in service
- 2012
Mallard Cove
840 Lancer Dr, Portsmouth, VA 23701
80 2BR, 80 3BR
- Apartments
- 160
- Income-restricted
- 160
- Placed in service
- 2002
Malvern Hills
426 King Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704
HUD lists it as senior housing · 55 1BR
- Apartments
- 55
- Income-restricted
- 55
- Placed in service
- 2015
Marsh Landing
942 Gw Hwy, Portsmouth, VA
250 2BR
- Apartments
- 250
- Income-restricted
- 250
- Placed in service
- 2003
Phoebus Square
602 Phoebus St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
HUD lists it as senior housing · 1 studio, 121 1BR
- Apartments
- 122
- Income-restricted
- 122
- Placed in service
- 2011
Pine Street Village
711 Bismarck Myrick St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
10 1BR, 36 2BR, 12 3BR
- Apartments
- 58
- Income-restricted
- 58
- Placed in service
- 2002
Seaboard Square I
217 Wilson Dr, Portsmouth, VA 23707
34 1BR, 61 2BR, 26 3BR
- Apartments
- 121
- Income-restricted
- 121
- Placed in service
- 2012
Seaboard Square Phase II
Turnpike Rd & Frederick Blvd, Portsmouth, VA
22 1BR, 52 2BR, 26 3BR
- Apartments
- 100
- Income-restricted
- 100
- Placed in service
- 2013
Shea Terrace Senior
253 Constitution Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23704
HUD lists it as senior housing · 17 1BR, 4 2BR
- Apartments
- 21
- Income-restricted
- 21
- Placed in service
- 2004
South Bay
1600 S St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
61 studio
- Apartments
- 61
- Income-restricted
- 60
- Placed in service
- 2011
Southside Gardens
607 Jefferson St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
68 2BR, 50 3BR, 16 4BR
- Apartments
- 134
- Income-restricted
- 134
- Placed in service
- 2012
Stone Ridge
6200 Hightower Rd, Portsmouth, VA 23703
39 1BR, 100 2BR, 68 3BR
- Apartments
- 207
- Income-restricted
- 207
- Placed in service
- 2001
Victory Square Seniors
900 Cnty St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
HUD lists it as senior housing · 98 1BR, 14 2BR
- Apartments
- 112
- Income-restricted
- 112
- Placed in service
- 2005
Victory Village
2304 Victory Boulevard, Portsmouth, VA 23702
84 2BR, 28 3BR
- Apartments
- 112
- Income-restricted
- 111
- Placed in service
- 1998
Westbury 3a
1325 Cnty St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
20 1BR, 21 2BR, 18 3BR
- Apartments
- 59
- Income-restricted
- 59
- Placed in service
- 2006
Westbury Cottages
Goodwin + South Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704
16 1BR
- Apartments
- 16
- Income-restricted
- 16
- Placed in service
- 2015
Whispering Oaks
2507 Oakleaf Pl, Portsmouth, VA 23707
28 1BR, 122 2BR, 30 3BR
- Apartments
- 180
- Income-restricted
- 180
- Placed in service
- 2005
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.