California

Tax credit apartments in Desert Hot Springs, CA

HUD's database lists 8 properties in Desert Hot Springs built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 567 apartments, 558 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Arroyo De Paz Apts I

66765 Two Bunch Palms Trail, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

12 1BR, 16 2BR, 20 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2006

Arroyo De Paz Apts II

66765 Two Bunch Palms Trail, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

2 1BR, 12 2BR, 12 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
34
Income-restricted
34
Placed in service
2007

Brisas De Paz

65921 Flora Ave, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

11 1BR, 26 2BR, 25 3BR

Apartments
62
Income-restricted
61
Placed in service
2012

Casa Del Sol & Casa West Apts

66555 Fourth St, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

HUD lists it as senior housing · 136 1BR, 20 2BR

Apartments
156
Income-restricted
154
Placed in service
2007

Hacienda Hills

67150 Hacienda Ave, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

60 2BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2010

Linda Vista Senior Apts

67200 Hacienda Ave, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

HUD lists it as senior housing · 47 studio, 1 1BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
1998

Verbena Crossing Apts

66950 Ironwood Dr, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

25 1BR, 23 2BR, 48 3BR

Apartments
96
Income-restricted
94
Placed in service
2013

Waldorf Manor Apts

11190 Mesquite Ave, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

HUD lists it as senior housing · 30 studio, 20 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
1998

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.