California

Tax credit apartments in Lincoln, CA

HUD's database lists 8 properties in Lincoln built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 651 apartments, 643 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Golden Village Apts

1650 First St, Lincoln, CA 95648

49 2BR

Apartments
49
Income-restricted
48
Placed in service
2008

Lincoln Senior Citizens Apts

1655 Third St, Lincoln, CA 95648

HUD lists it as senior housing · 62 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments
70
Income-restricted
69
Placed in service
1999

Lincoln Terrace Apts

450 Joiner Pkwy, Lincoln, CA 95648

40 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2004

Oaks At Joiner Ranch I

1685 First St, Lincoln, CA 95648

8 1BR, 48 2BR, 24 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
88
Income-restricted
87
Placed in service
1996

Oaks At Joiner Ranch II

1685 First St, Lincoln, CA 95648

16 1BR, 40 2BR, 48 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments
120
Income-restricted
119
Placed in service
1998

Parkview Apartments

1654 And 1660 First Street, Lincoln, CA 95648

28 1BR, 32 2BR, 20 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2018

Parkway Village Apts

455 Joiner Pkwy, Lincoln, CA 95648

16 1BR, 40 2BR, 48 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments
120
Income-restricted
119
Placed in service
2000

Valle Vista Apartments

1675 First Street, Lincoln, CA 95648

HUD lists it as senior housing · 24 1BR, 20 2BR

Apartments
44
Income-restricted
43
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.