California

Tax credit apartments in Garden Grove, CA

HUD's database lists 8 properties in Garden Grove built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,117 apartments, 1,108 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Briar Crest+ Rosecrest Apartments

11681-11702 Stuart Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92483

1 studio, 21 1BR, 17 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments
41
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2017

Garden Brook Senior Village

10080 Garden Grove Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92844

HUD lists it as senior housing · 129 studio, 219 1BR, 46 2BR

Apartments
394
Income-restricted
391
Placed in service
2022

Garden Grove Senior Apts

12721 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92843

HUD lists it as senior housing · 68 1BR, 17 2BR

Apartments
85
Income-restricted
84
Placed in service
2007

Grove Park Apts

12651 Morningside Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92843

72 1BR, 16 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
104
Income-restricted
103
Placed in service
2010

Malabar Apts

9777 Bixby Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92841

10 1BR, 77 2BR, 39 3BR

Apartments
125
Income-restricted
125
Placed in service
1997

Stuart Drive Apts & Rose Garden Apts

11802 Stuart Dr, Garden Grove, CA 92843

63 1BR, 140 2BR, 36 3BR

Apartments
239
Income-restricted
239
Placed in service
1997

Sungrove Senior Apts

12811 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92843

HUD lists it as senior housing · 65 1BR, 17 2BR

Apartments
82
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2003

Wesley Village (Fka Garden Grove United Methodist)

10861 Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove, CA 92840

20 1BR, 12 2BR, 15 3BR

Apartments
47
Income-restricted
46
Placed in service
2017

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.