Orchard Village Apartments in Old Redford: 48 Affordable Two-Bedroom Apartments at 21566 Orchard Street, From $525 a Month

Published October 27, 202617 min readBy VoucherMatch Editorial Team

Quick answerAs of October 7, 2026, Orchard Village Apartments, 21566 Orchard Street in Detroit's Old Redford, has 48 income-restricted two-bedroom apartments in four buildings completed in late 2024. Its leasing site lists rents of $525 to $1,173 a month for households at 30% to 60% of area median income and takes applications online, with a $25 fee for each adult. The City said the buildings were fully leased in June 2025, so ask about the wait. Call 313-488-5682.

Last checked: October 7, 2026, against the building's leasing site; CHN Housing Partners' rental listing and project page; the City of Detroit's releases of June 2, 2025 and August 10, 2023, multifamily housing dataset, building permits and Home Connect listing; and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority's (MSHDA) 2026 income and rent limits and payment standards. Confirm rents and openings with the property manager before you apply.

Orchard Village Apartments in numbers

48two-bedroom, one-bath apartments in four buildings
$525 to $1,173the monthly rent range on the leasing site
30% to 60%the income levels the apartments are held for
$62,880the most a household of four can earn at the 60% level in 2026
$25the application fee for each adult, paid by money order
313-488-5682the property manager's number

Photograph at dusk of a gray metal-clad apartment building of two and three stories lettered Orchard Village Apartments, with lit lamps, young trees and more buildings behind it — One of the four buildings at Orchard Village at dusk, in a photograph from the architect's project page. Photo: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, architect's photograph, via loharchitects.com (cropped).

What Orchard Village Apartments Is and Who Built It

Orchard Village is four new buildings of two and three stories on nine lots that had been vacant. All 48 apartments are two-bedrooms, and all are income-restricted.

Names: Orchard Village Apartments on the leasing site, Home Connect and the City's pages; "Orchard48" on the architect's site.
Developers: CHN Housing Partners, a Cleveland-based housing developer that began working in Detroit in 2017, and Detroit Blight Busters, a northwest Detroit nonprofit founded in 1988.
Manager: CHN, which "employs an on-site property manager", the City says.
Architect and builder: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA) and JGJ Construction.
Cost: "approximately $16 million" in the City's 2025 release; $15.9 million on CHN's page.
Financing: a 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit from MSHDA, which the City said would raise nearly $10.9 million, plus money from the City, the State, three banks, Churchill Stateside Group and DTE Energy.

The four buildings in the City's permits
Building	Apartments	Stories	Permit	Issued
A	16	2 and 3	BLD2023-00547	October 4, 2023
B	12	3	BLD2023-00548	October 4, 2023
C	10, with the community room	2 and 3	BLD2023-00549	October 6, 2023
D	10	2 and 3	BLD2023-00550	October 6, 2023

What it means: 16, 12, 10 and 10 add up to the 48 apartments in every other source. Buildings A, B and C are filed at 21566 Orchard Street and Building D at 21525 Santa Clara Avenue.

Source: City of Detroit building permits, each to "Construct ... Multi-Family Dwelling" with two-bedroom units "Per BZA #13-23", read October 7, 2026.

Orchard Village, from permit to leasing

March 13, 2023the four building permits are filed.
August 10, 2023the City and the developers break ground and give expected rents of $492 to $915.
October 4 and 6, 2023the City issues the four permits.
Late 2024construction is completed, the City says.
January 3, 2025the last two fire alarm permits are issued.
June 2, 2025the ribbon is cut. The City's release says Orchard Village "is fully leased."
May 13, 2026the listing on Detroit Home Connect is created.
October 7, 2026the leasing site says "apply today!"

What it means: the ribbon was cut about 16 months ago, and the buildings were already full. An opening now most likely comes when a household moves out.

Source: City permits; City releases of August 10, 2023 and June 2, 2025; Home Connect record; leasing site.

Aerial photograph of gray metal-clad apartment buildings of two and three stories with white roofs, linked by paths and lawns, beside a street and a parking lot, with trees to the horizon — Orchard Village from the air, in a photograph from the architect's project page. Photo: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, architect's photograph, via loharchitects.com (cropped).

Where Orchard Village Is and How to Get Around

The buildings stand between Orchard Street and Santa Clara Avenue in northwest Detroit, "two blocks off Lahser and Grand River" in the words of the City's 2023 release. The ZIP code is 48219 and the City Council district is District 1.

Stop	Route	Straight-line distance
Lahser & Willmarth	DDOT 7 Seven Mile	0.09 miles
Lahser & Santa Clara	DDOT 7 Seven Mile	0.10 miles
Grand River & Lahser	DDOT 3 Grand River	0.11 miles
McNichols & Lahser	DDOT 32 McNichols	0.22 miles

What it means: three bus routes stop within a quarter mile. The stop named Meijer Old Redford, served by routes 7, 16 and 32, is 0.40 miles away.

Source: City of Detroit DDOT Bus Stops dataset, read October 7, 2026. Distances are straight-line from the City's permit point for 21566 Orchard Street, calculated by VoucherMatch, so the walk is longer.

One development, four addresses
Address	Where it appears
21566 Orchard Street	Leasing site, Home Connect, the City's 2023 release, permits for Buildings A, B and C
21665 Orchard Street	The City's 2025 release, CHN's rental listing
21722 Orchard Street	The City's housing dataset
21525 Santa Clara Avenue	Permit for Building D

What it means: all four point to the same 48 apartments. The leasing site uses 21566 Orchard Street, so use that one on an application.

Source: each record named, read October 7, 2026.

Neighborhood names: Old Redford in the City's releases and on the leasing site; "Holcomb Community" on the City's map.
Nearby: CHN's page says the buildings are "within walking distance of restaurants, Meijer and the Crowell Recreation Center."
Parking: 52 spaces, in the City's 2025 release. The cost is not published.

Rents and Income Limits at Orchard Village Apartments

The leasing site gives a range for the two-bedrooms, $525 to $1,173 a month, not a rent for each income level.

Income levels at Orchard Village and the 2026 limits that go with them
Income level	Apartments	Most 2 people can earn	Most 4 people can earn	State maximum rent, two-bedroom
30%	10	$25,170	$31,440	$708
40%	10	$33,560	$41,920	$944
50%	3	$41,950	$52,400	$1,180
60%	25	$50,340	$62,880	$1,416

What it means: the lowest published rent, $525, is $183 under the 30% ceiling, and the highest, $1,173, is $243 under the 60% ceiling. Which rent goes with the 40% and 50% apartments is not published.

Source: City of Detroit multifamily housing dataset for the apartment counts; MSHDA, Income and Rent Limits effective May 1, 2026, Wayne County. The State maximum includes utilities the tenant pays.

Apartments at Orchard Village by income level

30%

40%

50%

60%

View the data table

Income level	Apartments
30%	10
40%	10
50%	3
60%	25

What it means: 25 of the 48 apartments, just over half, are at the 60% level. Twenty are at 30% or 40%, where the rents are lowest.

Source: City of Detroit multifamily housing dataset, site HRD12325, last edited October 2, 2026.

Two-bedroom rents for Orchard Village in four sources
Source	Date	Rent
City release at the groundbreaking	August 10, 2023	"between $492 and $915", expected
Detroit Home Connect	Created May 13, 2026	$525 at the 30% level
Leasing site	Read October 7, 2026	"$525 to $1173"
CHN's rental listing	Read October 7, 2026	"Price varies based on income"

What it means: the leasing site and Home Connect agree on $525 at the bottom. Since the 2023 estimate the bottom of the range has risen $33 and the top $258.

Source: each page named.

Other household sizes: one person can earn $22,020 at the 30% level and $44,040 at 60%; three people, $28,320 and $56,640.
Sizes: "between 650 and 850 sq. ft." on the leasing site; "each approximately 850 sq. ft." on CHN's pages.
Application fee: $25 for each adult.
Not published: the security deposit, a minimum income and which utilities the tenant pays.

Watch out"Price varies based on income" does not mean the rent is a share of your pay, the way it is with a voucher. Each apartment has a set rent for its income level, and your household has to earn under that level's limit.

For other counties and household sizes, use the Section 8 income limits tool.

Photograph taken straight down on four white-roofed apartment buildings set at angles between two streets, with two parking lots, diagonal paths and lawns — The four buildings and two parking lots from directly above. Photo: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, architect's photograph, via loharchitects.com (cropped).

Using a Housing Voucher at Orchard Village Apartments

Home Connect files the building under "Section 8 Vouchers", and the whole rent range is below MSHDA's payment standard for a two-bedroom in the ZIP code.

What is settled and what to ask

The City's listingHome Connect gives the building's subsidy type as "Section 8 Vouchers".
No vouchers attachedthe building was not on the Detroit Housing Commission's project-based voucher list on October 6, 2026 or MSHDA's Wayne County list on October 7, 2026. You bring your own voucher.
Michigan lawa landlord with five or more units may not deny a tenancy "based on the source of income" of a renter (MCL 554.601c). See whether landlords have to accept Section 8.
State tax-credit ruleMSHDA's compliance manual lists "imposing minimum income requirements for Section 8/HCV participants" as a prohibited practice.

Two-bedroom rent at Orchard Village against MSHDA's payment standard for ZIP code 48219, dollars a month

Orchard VillageMSHDA payment standard

Lowest published

$525

$1,449

Highest published

$1,173

$1,449

View the data table

Rent	Orchard Village	MSHDA payment standard
Lowest published	$525	$1,449
Highest published	$1,173	$1,449

What it means: the lowest rent is $924 under the standard and the highest $276 under, which leaves room for a utility allowance at either end.

Source: leasing site, read October 7, 2026; MSHDA Housing Choice Voucher Payment Standards effective December 2, 2025, ZIP code 48219, unchanged in the schedule for December 2, 2026. The payment standard covers rent and utilities together.

Two agencies issue vouchers in Detroit. The Detroit Housing Commission has not published a 2026 table of its own; HUD's table for fiscal year 2026 lists $1,370 for a two-bedroom in 48219. See how much Section 8 pays in Detroit and the Detroit Section 8 guide.
Your share: with a voucher you pay about 30% of your adjusted income, not the building's rent (24 CFR 5.628).
Utilities: who pays electricity, heat and water is not stated. See how the Section 8 utility allowance works.

Photograph of three-story apartment buildings clad in light and dark gray metal panels beside a parking lot with marked accessible spaces, lamp posts and young trees — The buildings from a parking lot, in a photograph from the City of Detroit's release on the ribbon cutting. Photo: City of Detroit, government photograph, via detroitmi.gov (cropped and enlarged).

How the Rents Compare With Rents in ZIP Code 48219

Both ends of the range are under what HUD estimates an ordinary two-bedroom rents for in ZIP code 48219.

Two-bedroom rent at Orchard Village against HUD's fiscal year 2027 fair market rent for ZIP code 48219, dollars a month

Orchard VillageHUD fair market rent, ZIP 48219

Lowest published

$525

$1,430

Highest published

$1,173

$1,430

View the data table

Rent	Orchard Village	HUD fair market rent, ZIP 48219
Lowest published	$525	$1,430
Highest published	$1,173	$1,430

What it means: the lowest rent is $905 under HUD's figure and the highest $257 under. HUD's figure includes all utilities; whether these rents do is not published.

Source: leasing site; HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents for fiscal year 2027, in effect since October 1, 2026: HUD's estimate of the 40th-percentile rent in the ZIP code, utilities included.

In return: buildings finished in late 2024, with a washer and dryer and air conditioning in each apartment.
Rent data for this ZIP code: see Section 8 rent limits for 48219.
Apartments nearby: see voucher apartments in 48219 and in Brightmoor and Grandmont.

Aerial photograph at sunset of lit apartment buildings with white roofs, outside stairs and paths between them, surrounded by houses and trees — Orchard Village at sunset, with outside stairs to the upper floors. Photo: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, architect's photograph, via loharchitects.com (cropped).

Preferences and What the Apartments Include

No preference for any group of applicants is published. Every apartment has two bedrooms and one bathroom.

Preferences and rules

Preferencesnone published. CHN's page gives the population as "Family"; Home Connect files the building under "18+".
Pets"Pets are not allowed", on the leasing site. Ask the office about service and assistance animals, which are not pets under fair housing law.
Smokingnot published.
Office hoursthe leasing site's contact page lists none.

Included and shared

In each apartment"in-unit laundry, air conditioning, patios for lower-level units", in the City's 2025 release. The 2023 release also promised dishwashers.
Shared"a community space with computers and a kitchen", an on-site management office and 52 parking spaces.
The buildingsthe architect's photographs show gray metal-clad buildings of two and three stories, reached by outside stairs, with paths and lawns between them.
Accessibilitythe City's photograph shows marked accessible parking spaces. The number of accessible apartments is not published.
Floor plans"Floor plan details not available for this property", on the leasing site.

What it means: laundry is inside the apartment, not shared. No photograph of an apartment's interior has been published.

Source: City releases of August 10, 2023 and June 2, 2025; leasing site and CHN's project page, read October 7, 2026; LOHA's project page.

Photograph across a grassy lot of gray metal-clad apartment buildings behind a block wall, with a brick house at left and a large tree at right — The buildings seen across a neighboring lot. Photo: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, architect's photograph, via loharchitects.com (cropped).

How to Apply for an Apartment at Orchard Village Apartments

There is no lottery and no deadline. Applications go through the leasing site's online portal, and the fee is paid separately by money order.

Applying to Orchard Village Apartments

1Check your income and household sizeagainst the table above.
2Call first313-488-5682, the property manager's number on the leasing site and on CHN's listing. Ask whether an apartment is open or how long the wait is.
3Create an accountunder "Applicant Login" on the leasing site and fill in the application.
4Pay the fee$25 for each adult, by money order payable to Orchard Village. The site says "your application must accompany the application fee before we can process your information."
5Deliver the money orderthe site says you can bring it to the manager's East Detroit office at 2625 Gratiot, at the corner of Gratiot and Chene, which has a "24 hour drop box". That office is in ZIP code 48207, not at the buildings.
6Ask four thingsthe rent at your income level, which utilities you pay, the security deposit and your place in line.
7If you have a vouchersay so at the start and bring your agency's paperwork.

What the public listings show today

The leasing site"create an account and apply today!", read October 7, 2026.
CHN's rental listing"Apply on Rent Cafe", with the property manager's number.
Home Connecta two-bedroom at the 30% level marked both available now and waiting list; record created May 13, 2026 and not updated since.
The City's release of June 2, 2025"fully leased."

What it means: no page says how many apartments are open today. The property manager can.

Source: leasing site; CHN's listing; Detroit Home Connect record; City release.

Documents to have ready

Government ID. for each adult
Proof of income. pay stubs, benefit award letters or a tax return
Social Security cards. and birth certificates for the household
Bank statements. and other asset records
A money order. for $25 for each adult
Your voucher paperwork,. if you have one

Source: the fee is from the leasing site. No document list is published for the building; the rest of this one is VoucherMatch's, from what a tax-credit building has to verify. Ask the office for its own.

What Is Known and What Is Not Yet Published

The rent range, the fee and the way to apply are published. The rent at each income level is not.

Known and not yet known, as of October 7, 2026

Known48 two-bedroom apartments at the 30%, 40%, 50% and 60% levels; rents of $525 to $1,173; a $25 fee for each adult; online applications; no pets.
Sources disagree on a phone number313-488-5682 on the leasing site and CHN's listing; 313-335-3223 on Home Connect.
Sources disagree on the addressfour street addresses, as tabled above.
Sources disagree on size650 to 850 square feet on the leasing site; about 850 on CHN's pages.
Not publishedthe rent at each level, the tenant's utilities, the security deposit, a minimum income, office hours and the number of open apartments.

The property manager at 313-488-5682 is the place to ask about anything on the not-published line.

If You Need an Apartment Sooner

The City called the buildings fully leased in 2025, so keep other options moving while you wait.

Voucher in hand: browse Section 8 apartments in Detroit, or go straight to two-bedrooms.
No voucher yet: both Detroit voucher waiting lists were closed on October 6, 2026. Check which waiting lists are open and the Wayne County page.
Buildings with vouchers attached: the housing commission's project-based voucher list showed 42 properties with every list open on October 6, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Orchard Village Apartments open?

Yes. Construction finished in late 2024 and the City cut the ribbon on June 2, 2025, when it said the buildings were fully leased. On October 7, 2026 the leasing site was taking applications.

How much is rent at Orchard Village Apartments?

$525 to $1,173 a month for a two-bedroom, on the leasing site as of October 7, 2026. The rent depends on the income level of the apartment. Home Connect lists $525 at the 30% level.

Who qualifies for Orchard Village Apartments?

Households at 30% to 60% of area median income. In 2026 the 60% limit is $44,040 for one person, $50,340 for two, $56,640 for three and $62,880 for four.

Does Orchard Village Apartments take Section 8?

Detroit Home Connect lists the building under "Section 8 Vouchers". Both ends of the rent range are under MSHDA's $1,449 payment standard for a two-bedroom in ZIP code 48219. No vouchers are attached to the building.

How do you apply for Orchard Village Apartments?

Create an account under "Applicant Login" on the leasing site, fill in the application and pay $25 for each adult by money order. Call the property manager at 313-488-5682 first to ask about openings.

Are pets allowed at Orchard Village Apartments?

No. The leasing site says "Pets are not allowed". Ask the office about service and assistance animals.

What is the address of Orchard Village Apartments?

The leasing site uses 21566 Orchard Street, Detroit, MI 48219. City records also show 21665 and 21722 Orchard Street and 21525 Santa Clara Avenue for the same four buildings.

Sources for this article (16)

leasing site (orchard-village-limited-dividend.rentcafewebsite.com)
rental listing (chnhousingpartners.org)
project page (chnhousingpartners.org)
June 2, 2025 (detroitmi.gov)
August 10, 2023 (detroitmi.gov)
multifamily housing dataset (data.detroitmi.gov)
building permits (data.detroitmi.gov)
Home Connect listing (homeconnect.detroitmi.gov)
2026 income and rent limits (michigan.gov)
payment standards (michigan.gov)
DDOT Bus Stops dataset (data.detroitmi.gov)
project-based voucher list (dhcmi.org)
MCL 554.601c (legislature.mi.gov)
compliance manual (michigan.gov)
24 CFR 5.628 (law.cornell.edu)
Small Area Fair Market Rents (huduser.gov)

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