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Affordable apartment buildings in North Carolina
North Carolina has 2,445 affordable apartment buildings in 313 cities and towns on Fair Shot Housing: 1,391 tax-credit buildings, 594 Section 8 buildings and 484 senior buildings. A building can be in more than one group.
These buildings do not post openings. Pick a city, then call or visit a building’s office and ask to join its own waitlist.
Cities with the most buildings
All 313 cities and towns in North Carolina
- Aberdeen9
- Ahoskie8
- Albemarle16
- Alliance1
- Andrews4
- Angier5
- Apex3
- Arden3
- Asheboro16
- Asheville46
- Aulander2
- Aurora2
- Ayden5
- Bakersville3
- Battleboro1
- Bayboro1
- Beaufort8
- Belhaven5
- Belmont6
- Benson7
- Bermuda Run1
- Bessemer City4
- Bethel1
- Beulaville1
- Biscoe1
- Black Mountain1
- Bladenboro8
- Blanch1
- Blowing Rock1
- Boiling Springs2
- Boone6
- Booneville1
- Boonville2
- Brevard8
- Bryson City2
- Bunn1
- Burgaw5
- Burlington24
- Burnsville6
- Butner1
- Calabash1
- Candler1
- Candor1
- Canton2
- Carrboro6
- Carthage3
- Cary14
- Chadbourn4
- Chapel Hill16
- Charlotte159
- Cherokee1
- Cherryville6
- China Grove2
- Chocowinity1
- Claremont1
- Clarkton2
- Clayton8
- Clinton11
- Clyde1
- Coats3
- Columbia2
- Columbus3
- Concord20
- Connelly Springs1
- Conover6
- Conway1
- Cornelius3
- Cramerton1
- Creedmoor3
- Dallas4
- Davidson1
- Dobson2
- Drexel1
- Dudley1
- Dunn14
- Durham81
- East Flat Rock1
- Eden14
- Edenton9
- Elizabeth City14
- Elizabethtown8
- Elk Park1
- Elkin6
- Ellerbe2
- Elm City1
- Elon2
- Elon College1
- Enfield5
- Engelhard2
- Erwin1
- Eure1
- Fair Bluff2
- Fairfield1
- Fairmont8
- Farmville5
- Fayetteville63
- Forest City9
- Fountain2
- Four Oaks4
- Franklin7
- Franklinton3
- Fremont1
- Fuquay Varina8
- Garland1
- Garner15
- Garysburg1
- Gaston2
- Gastonia34
- Gibson3
- Gibsonville4
- Goldsboro27
- Graham12
- Grandy1
- Granite Falls3
- Granite Quarry1
- Grantsboro1
- Greensboro87
- Greenville28
- Grifton4
- Halifax1
- Hamlet7
- Havelock7
- Haw River1
- Hayesville3
- Henderson37
- Hendersonville15
- Hertford4
- Hickory15
- High Point44
- High Shoals1
- Hildebran1
- Hillsborough4
- Holly Ridge1
- Holly Springs7
- Hookerton1
- Hope Mills11
- Hot Springs2
- Hudson3
- Huntersville4
- Jackson2
- Jacksonville21
- Jamestown2
- Jamesville1
- Jefferson7
- Jonesville5
- Kannapolis15
- Kenansville1
- Kenly2
- Kernersville7
- Kill Devil Hills1
- King11
- Kings Mountain11
- Kinston27
- Kittrell1
- Knightdale6
- La Grange6
- Lake Lure1
- Laurinburg14
- Leland2
- Lenoir16
- Lewiston Woodville1
- Lewisville1
- Lexington17
- Liberty1
- Lillington4
- Lincolnton12
- Littleton4
- Locust3
- Louisburg5
- Lumberton24
- Madison4
- Magnolia1
- Maiden2
- Manteo2
- Marion9
- Mars Hill3
- Marshall2
- Marshville1
- Maxton9
- Mayodan2
- Maysville3
- Mebane8
- Micro2
- Middlesex3
- Mocksville9
- Monroe5
- Mooresville12
- Morehead City10
- Morganton18
- Mount Airy14
- Mount Gilead2
- Mount Holly1
- Mount Olive5
- Mount Pleasant1
- Mt Airy2
- Mt Holly1
- Mt Pleasant1
- Murfreesboro3
- Murphy3
- N Wilkesboro3
- Nashville5
- New Bern21
- Newland3
- Newport5
- Newton5
- Norlina6
- North Wilkesboro7
- Oak City1
- Ocean Isle Beach1
- Oxford10
- Pembroke4
- Pine Level1
- Pinetops2
- Pineville2
- Pittsboro4
- Plymouth5
- Polkton2
- Pollocksville1
- Powells Point1
- Princeville1
- Raeford14
- Raleigh132
- Ramseur1
- Randleman3
- Red Springs5
- Reidsville15
- Rich Square1
- Richlands2
- Riegelwood1
- Roanoke Rapids18
- Robbins3
- Robbinsville3
- Robersonville2
- Rockingham16
- Rockwell1
- Rocky Mount26
- Rolesville2
- Roper1
- Rose Hill3
- Rowland1
- Roxboro18
- Rural Hall2
- Rutherfordton4
- Saint Pauls3
- Salemburg1
- Salisbury30
- Sanford24
- Scotland Neck4
- Seaboard1
- Selma4
- Shallotte6
- Sharpsburg1
- Shelby18
- Shiloh1
- Siler City8
- Smithfield11
- Sneads Ferry1
- Snow Hill5
- Southern Pines10
- Southport5
- Sparta3
- Spencer1
- Spindale4
- Spring Hope2
- Spring Lake3
- Spruce Pine3
- Stanley2
- Stantonsburg1
- Star1
- Statesville23
- Stoneville1
- Sunset Beach1
- Swannanoa1
- Swansboro2
- Sylva6
- Tabor City7
- Tarboro9
- Taylorsville5
- Thomasville7
- Trenton2
- Troutman1
- Troy4
- Tryon3
- Valdese3
- Vanceboro4
- Wadesboro8
- Wake Forest9
- Walkertown1
- Wallace3
- Walnut Cove4
- Warrenton5
- Warsaw6
- Washington15
- Waynesville9
- Weaverville1
- Weldon2
- Wendell6
- West End1
- West Jefferson3
- Whiteville17
- Wilkesboro4
- Williamston8
- Wilmington49
- Wilson41
- Windsor4
- Wingate5
- Winston Salem73
- Winterville2
- Winton1
- Woodland3
- Yadkinville3
- Yanceyville4
- Zebulon4
Looking for an opening right now?
The lists we use do not say whether a building’s waitlist is open. For homes taking applications now, see the open listings in North Carolina or the area-wide waitlists in North Carolina.