California

Tax credit apartments in Coachella, CA

HUD's database lists 20 properties in Coachella built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,612 apartments, 1,590 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

6th + Cesar Chavez

1279 6th Street, Coachella, CA 92236

50 1BR, 28 2BR, 27 3BR

Apartments
105
Income-restricted
104
Placed in service
2022

Casa Grande Apts

51285 Frederick St, Coachella, CA 92236

40 2BR, 25 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2002

Casa La Paz

84471 Ave 51, Coachella, CA 92236

17 2BR, 32 3BR, 13 4BR

Apartments
61
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2006

Casa Maria Apts

51950 Tyler St, Coachella, CA 92236

21 1BR, 65 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
98
Placed in service
2006

Cedar Springs Apts

53551 Harrison St, Coachella, CA 92236

32 2BR, 137 3BR, 32 4BR

Apartments
201
Income-restricted
199
Placed in service
2002

Coachella Community Homes Apts

84720 Ave 52, Coachella, CA 92236

9 1BR, 44 2BR, 48 3BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2013

Desert Palms Apts

50600 Suncrest St, Coachella, CA 92236

24 1BR, 64 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments
112
Income-restricted
111
Placed in service
2009

El Jardin Apts

84711 Ave 51, Coachella, CA 92236

40 2BR, 32 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2001

Fuente De Paz Apts

52664 Harrison St, Coachella, CA 92236

4 1BR, 14 2BR, 15 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
37
Income-restricted
36
Placed in service
2001

Las Casas Apts III

51550 Tyler St, Coachella, CA 92236

Apartments
52
Income-restricted
52
Placed in service
1992

Las Flores Family Apts

84721 Ave 51, Coachella, CA 92236

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2003

Las Palmas II

51075 Frederick St, Coachella, CA 92236

16 2BR, 33 3BR, 32 4BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
1999

Las Palmeras

51374 Tyler St, Coachella, CA 92236

62 3BR, 15 4BR

Apartments
77
Income-restricted
76
Placed in service
2000

Orchard Villas I

84500 Ave 52, Coachella, CA 92236

42 3BR, 40 4BR

Apartments
82
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2000

Orchard Villas II

84500 Ave 52, Coachella, CA 92236

72 3BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
72
Placed in service
2002

Placita Dolores Huerta Apartments Phase 1 F.k.a. Coachella Valley Apartments

84908 Bagdad Avenue, Coachella, CA 92236

18 1BR, 20 2BR, 18 3BR

Apartments
56
Income-restricted
55
Placed in service
2024

Pueblo Nuevo Apts

1492 Orchard Ave, Coachella, CA 92236

10 2BR, 20 3BR, 20 4BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
49
Placed in service
2014

Summerwood Apts

51251 Mecca Ave, Coachella, CA

12 2BR, 38 3BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
49
Placed in service
2008

Tlaquepaque

51354 Tyler St, Coachella, CA 92236

12 1BR, 28 2BR, 36 3BR

Apartments
76
Income-restricted
75
Placed in service
1994

Vista Montana Apts (Coachella)

84851 Bagdad Ave, Coachella, CA 92236

16 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
56
Income-restricted
55
Placed in service
2013

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.