California

Tax credit apartments in Arvin, CA

HUD's database lists 11 properties in Arvin built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 676 apartments, 663 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Arvin Square Apts

1410 Hood St, Arvin, CA 93203

12 1BR, 36 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2011

Caliente Creek

909 Meyer St, Arvin, CA 93203

8 2BR, 32 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments
45
Income-restricted
45
Placed in service
1999

Casa De La Paloma (Arvin)

1301 Haven Dr, Arvin, CA 93203

21 2BR, 22 3BR

Apartments
43
Income-restricted
42
Placed in service
2002

Hood Street Family Apts

1400 Hood St, Arvin, CA 93203

7 studio, 20 1BR

Apartments
27
Income-restricted
26
Placed in service
2004

Kc Consolidated Bear Mountain Weedpatch

128 Monroe St, Arvin, CA 93203

12 1BR, 34 2BR, 22 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
70
Placed in service
2012

Kern County Apartments

293 Walnut Drive, Arvin, CA 93203

53 1BR, 55 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
116
Income-restricted
112
Placed in service
2022

La Amistad

1001 Walnut Dr, Arvin, CA 93203

48 3BR, 32 4BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2004

Summerset Apt Homes

668 S Comanche Dr, Arvin, CA 93203

1 2BR, 60 3BR

Apartments
61
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2006

Summerview Apt Homes

225 Meyer St, Arvin, CA 93203

33 2BR, 28 4BR

Apartments
61
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2006

Sycamore Family Apts I

740 Sycamore Rd, Arvin, CA 93203

16 2BR, 25 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
48
Placed in service
2012

Sycamore Family Apts II

740 Sycamore Rd, Arvin, CA 93203

24 2BR, 40 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
2014

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.