California

Tax credit apartments in Carson, CA

HUD's database lists 10 properties in Carson built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 629 apartments, 622 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Arbor Green

21227 Figueroa St, Carson, CA 90745

14 1BR, 12 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2014

Avalon Courtyard

22121 Avalon Blvd, Carson, CA 90745

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments
91
Income-restricted
91
Placed in service
1995

Carson City Center Senior Housing

720 E Carson St, Carson, CA 90745

HUD lists it as senior housing · 85 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
86
Income-restricted
85
Placed in service
2011

Carson Colony

21205 Main Street, Carson, CA 90745

21 1BR, 13 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
46
Income-restricted
45
Placed in service
2019

Carson Terrace

632 E 219th St, Carson, CA 90745

HUD lists it as senior housing · 61 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
62
Income-restricted
61
Placed in service
2001

East Carson Housing

425 E Carson St, Carson, CA 90745

12 1BR, 33 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
64
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
2012

East Carson II Housing

401 West Carson Street, Carson, CA 90745

8 1BR, 20 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2014

Grace Avenue Housing

555 E Carson St, Carson, CA 90745

12 1BR, 28 2BR, 38 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments
84
Income-restricted
83
Placed in service
2000

The Villaggio II

555 E Carson St, Carson, CA 90745

10 1BR, 16 2BR, 36 3BR, 3 4BR

Apartments
65
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
2000

Veterans Village Of Carson

21711 Figueroa Street, Carson, CA 90745

24 1BR, 13 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2019

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.