California

Tax credit apartments in Cathedral City, CA

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Cathedral City built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,373 apartments, 1,317 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Cathedral Palms Senior Apartments

31-700 Landau Blvd, Cathedral City, CA 92234

HUD lists it as senior housing · 184 studio, 40 2BR

Apartments
224
Income-restricted
222
Placed in service
2021

Creekside Apts (Cathedral City)

68200 33rd Ave, Cathedral City, CA 92234

40 2BR, 105 3BR, 40 4BR

Apartments
185
Income-restricted
184
Placed in service
2004

Heritage Park At Cathedral City

69100 Mccallum Way, Cathedral City, CA 92234

HUD lists it as senior housing · 144 1BR, 9 2BR

Apartments
153
Income-restricted
152
Placed in service
2004

Mountain View Apartments

68680 Dinah Shore Drive, Cathedral City, CA 92234

HUD lists it as senior housing · 280 1BR

Apartments
280
Income-restricted
276
Placed in service
2017

Northwoods-cathedral City

68620 33rd Ave, Cathedral City, CA

6 1BR, 64 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
90
Income-restricted
46
Placed in service
2003

Park David Senior Apts

27700 Landau Blvd, Cathedral City, CA 92234

HUD lists it as senior housing · 120 1BR, 121 2BR

Apartments
241
Income-restricted
240
Placed in service
2000

River Canyon Apts

34300 Corregidor Dr, Cathedral City, CA 92234

41 2BR, 19 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2011

Terracina At Cathedral City

69175 Converse Rd, Cathedral City, CA 92234

1 1BR, 47 2BR, 30 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2011

Veterans Village Of Cathedral City

30600 Landau Blvd, Cathedral City, CA 92234

48 1BR, 12 2BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2022

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.