Bella Vista Apts Phase III
545 N Mollison Ave, El Cajon, CA 92021
150 2BR
- Apartments
- 148
- Income-restricted
- 148
- Placed in service
- 1998
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Tax credit apartments in El Cajon, CA
HUD's database lists 13 properties in El Cajon built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,130 apartments, 1,109 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Broadway 1
1562 E. Main St., El Cajon, CA 92021
28 1BR, 91 2BR, 42 3BR
- Apartments
- 161
- Income-restricted
- 160
- Placed in service
- 2022
Broadway 2
849 N 3rd St, El Cajon, CA 92021
44 1BR, 8 2BR
- Apartments
- 52
- Income-restricted
- 50
- Placed in service
- 2022
Chambers Senior Residences (Site A)
360 Linda Way, El Cajon, CA 92020
- Apartments
- 49
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2013
Cornerstone Place
230 S. Sunshine Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020
48 1BR, 22 3BR
- Apartments
- 70
- Income-restricted
- 69
- Placed in service
- 2019
Genesis Apartments (F.k.a El Cajon Senior Apts)
735 El Cajon Blvd, El Cajon, CA 92020
8 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 9
- Income-restricted
- 8
- Placed in service
- 2021
Key Largo Apts
380 N Mollison Ave, El Cajon, CA 92021
20 1BR, 70 2BR, 42 3BR
- Apartments
- 132
- Income-restricted
- 130
- Placed in service
- 2012
Laurel Village Apts
909 Leslie Rd, El Cajon, CA 92020
24 2BR, 5 3BR, 4 4BR
- Apartments
- 41
- Income-restricted
- 33
- Placed in service
- 1999
Lexington Avenue Senior Apartments
250 East Lexington Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020
HUD lists it as senior housing · 88 1BR, 12 2BR
- Apartments
- 100
- Income-restricted
- 99
- Placed in service
- 2021
Lexington Green Apts
1415 E Lexington Ave, El Cajon, CA 92019
16 1BR, 88 2BR, 40 3BR
- Apartments
- 144
- Income-restricted
- 142
- Placed in service
- 2007
Pinewood Apts
241 Wisconsin Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020
47 1BR, 9 2BR
- Apartments
- 55
- Income-restricted
- 55
- Placed in service
- 1998
Royal Heights Apts
12135 Royal Rd, El Cajon, CA 92021
60 2BR, 60 3BR
- Apartments
- 120
- Income-restricted
- 119
- Placed in service
- 2000
Solterra
151 Chambers St, El Cajon, CA 92020
HUD lists it as senior housing · 46 1BR, 3 2BR
- Apartments
- 49
- Income-restricted
- 48
- 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.