California

Tax credit apartments in Lancaster, CA

HUD's database lists 30 properties in Lancaster built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,545 apartments, 2,515 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Antelope Valley Apartments

43460 32nd Street West, Lancaster, CA 93536

107 2BR, 14 3BR

Apartments
121
Income-restricted
120
Placed in service
2017

Antelope Valley Veterans And Families

43517 E. Sahuayo Street, Lancaster, CA 93535

30 studio, 15 1BR, 24 2BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
75
Income-restricted
74
Placed in service
2019

Arbor Court I

44958 Tenth St W, Lancaster, CA 93534

84 studio

Apartments
84
Income-restricted
83
Placed in service
2007

Arbor Fields

530 W Jackman St, Lancaster, CA 93534

35 1BR, 40 2BR, 25 3BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2008

Arbor Grove

855 W Jackman St, Lancaster, CA 93534

HUD lists it as senior housing · 150 1BR

Apartments
150
Income-restricted
150
Placed in service
2006

Arbor Lofts

665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA 93534

21 4BR

Apartments
21
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2009

Arbor On Date

44927 Date Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534

40 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2010

Aurora Village I

43862 15th St W, Lancaster, CA 93534

HUD lists it as senior housing · 117 1BR, 15 2BR

Apartments
132
Income-restricted
129
Placed in service
2000

Aurora Village II

43945 12th St W, Lancaster, CA 93534

HUD lists it as senior housing · 125 1BR, 15 2BR

Apartments
140
Income-restricted
138
Placed in service
2005

Avenida Crossing Apartments

2317 West Avenue J8, Lancaster, CA 93536

9 2BR, 54 3BR, 14 4BR

Apartments
77
Income-restricted
76
Placed in service
2015

Cedar Ridge Apts

2115 E Ave, Lancaster, CA

42 2BR, 68 3BR

Apartments
109
Income-restricted
109
Placed in service
2013

College Park Apartments

43331 30th Street West, Lancaster, CA 93536

49 2BR, 6 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments
61
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2014

College Park Apts (Lancaster)

43331 30th St W, Lancaster, CA 93536

Apartments
61
Income-restricted
60
Placed in service
2014

Essex Apts

44916 Tenth St W, Lancaster, CA 93534

150 studio

Apartments
150
Income-restricted
149
Placed in service
2007

Essex Tower

44948 10th Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534

HUD lists it as senior housing · 70 1BR

Apartments
70
Income-restricted
69
Placed in service
2023

Fernwood Senior Apartments

45151 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534

75 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
76
Income-restricted
75
Placed in service
2014

Fernwood Senior Apartments

45151 Fern Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534

Apartments
76
Income-restricted
75
Placed in service
2014

Imagine Village II

43445 Sahuayo Street, Lancaster, CA 93535

20 studio, 17 1BR, 22 2BR, 21 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
78
Placed in service
2023

Kensington Campus

45244 32nd Street West, Lancaster, CA 93536

51 1BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2019

Kensington Homes

45258, 45248 32nd Street West, Lancaster, CA 93536

51 1BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2021

Kensington II

45348 32nd Street West, Lancaster, CA 93536

51 1BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2020

Laurel Crest Apts

45114 Beech Ave, Lancaster, CA

36 2BR, 36 3BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
2007

Regency Apts

2317 W Ave J8, Lancaster, CA 93536

Apartments
77
Income-restricted
77
Placed in service
1998

Sagebrush Of Downtown

44825 Elm Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534

21 4BR

Apartments
21
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2011

Sierra Retirement Village

43321 Sierra Hwy, Lancaster, CA 93534

HUD lists it as senior housing · 96 studio, 1 1BR

Apartments
97
Income-restricted
96
Placed in service
1998

Sierra Villa East

621 East Avenue I, Lancaster, CA 93535

75 2BR, 8 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
91
Income-restricted
90
Placed in service
2014

The Emerald

2720 W. Avenue K-12, Lancaster, CA 93536

6 1BR, 44 2BR, 22 3BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
2024

The Sagebrush Of Downtown II

725 W Milling St, Lancaster, CA 93534

40 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2011

Village At Beechwood

44063 Beech Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534

20 1BR, 58 2BR, 22 3BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2003

Village Pointe Apts

43732 Challenger Way, Lancaster, CA 93535

48 1BR, 87 2BR, 44 3BR, 20 4BR

Apartments
200
Income-restricted
199
Placed in service
2001

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.