California

Tax credit apartments in Calexico, CA

HUD's database lists 17 properties in Calexico built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,136 apartments, 1,122 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Alejandro Rivera Senior Citizens Apts I

2151 Rockwood Ave, Calexico, CA 92231

HUD lists it as senior housing · 52 1BR

Apartments
52
Income-restricted
51
Placed in service
1995

Alejandro Rivera Senior Citizens Apts II

2151 Rockwood Ave, Calexico, CA 92231

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments
82
Income-restricted
82
Placed in service
1996

Calexico Andrade Apts

1080 Meadow Dr, Calexico, CA 92231

13 1BR, 15 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments
52
Income-restricted
51
Placed in service
2011

Calexico Family Apts

2301 Meadows Ave, Calexico, CA 92231

18 1BR, 24 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2003

Calexico Senior Apts

1630 Rockwood Ave, Calexico, CA 92231

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments
38
Income-restricted
38
Placed in service
1992

Casa Imperial

1051 Adler Avenue, Calexico, CA 92231

16 1BR, 16 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2019

Casa Sonoma Apartments

513 W Canal Street, Calexico, CA 92231

16 1BR, 28 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments
68
Income-restricted
67
Placed in service
2022

Cielo Grande Apartments

2420 Rancho Frontera Avenue, Calexico, CA 92231

44 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2023

De Anza Apts II

444 Rockwood Ave, Calexico, CA 92231

53 studio, 1 1BR

Apartments
54
Income-restricted
53
Placed in service
2012

De Anza Hotel

233 E Fourth St, Calexico, CA 92231

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments
94
Income-restricted
94
Placed in service
1998

Las Praderas (A/k/a Calexico Ramin)

1000 Meadows Drive, Calexico, CA 92231

44 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2020

Remington Villas

1005 Remington Ct., Calexico, CA 92231

30 2BR, 30 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2024

Victoria Manor Senior Apra

1113 Rancho Frontera Ave, Calexico, CA 92231

HUD lists it as senior housing · 66 1BR, 14 2BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2002

Villa De Las Flores Apts

2201 Meadow Dr, Calexico, CA 92231

HUD lists it as senior housing · 63 1BR, 16 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2001

Villa Del Este Apts

1100 Avenida De Oro, Calexico, CA 92231

39 1BR, 41 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2007

Villa Dorado

1081 Meadow Dr, Calexico, CA 92231

16 1BR, 24 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2007

Villa Primavera

1060 Meadows Drive, Calexico, CA 92231

12 1BR, 20 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2015

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.