California

Tax credit apartments in Fullerton, CA

HUD's database lists 10 properties in Fullerton built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 972 apartments, 961 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Citrea Fka Fullerton Family Housing

336 East Santa Fe Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832

5 studio, 22 1BR, 14 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments
55
Income-restricted
54
Placed in service
2018

Compass Rose Fka Richman Park Family Apartments

400, 324, 312 W. Valencia; 524 S. Ford; 411 West Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832

14 1BR, 20 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
46
Income-restricted
45
Placed in service
2019

Courtyard Apartments

4127 West Valencia Drive, Fullerton, CA 92833

60 2BR, 44 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
108
Income-restricted
106
Placed in service
2019

East Fullerton Villas

2140 E Chapman Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831

Apartments
27
Income-restricted
27
Placed in service
1996

Fullerton City Lights Residential Hotel

224 E Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832

137 studio

Apartments
137
Income-restricted
134
Placed in service
1999

Garnet Lane Apts

3125 Garnet Ln, Fullerton, CA 92831

Apartments
17
Income-restricted
17
Placed in service
1997

Klimpel Manor

229 E Amerige Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832

HUD lists it as senior housing · 58 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
59
Income-restricted
58
Placed in service
1994

North Hills Apts

570 Imperial Hwy, Fullerton, CA 92835

188 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
204
Income-restricted
203
Placed in service
2000

Palm Garden Apts

400 W Orangethorpe Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832

83 1BR, 141 2BR

Apartments
224
Income-restricted
223
Placed in service
1999

The Alexander Apartments

345 E. Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832

HUD lists it as senior housing · 79 1BR, 16 2BR

Apartments
95
Income-restricted
94
Placed in service
2016

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.