California

Tax credit apartments in Livermore, CA

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Livermore built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 746 apartments, 518 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Ageno Apartments

1001, 1023, 1055, 1097 Westwind Street, Livermore, CA 94550

21 1BR, 10 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
35
Placed in service
2020

Avance

4260 First St, Livermore, CA 94551

12 studio, 32 1BR, 1 3BR

Apartments
45
Income-restricted
44
Placed in service
2022

Carmen Avenue Apts

2891 Carmen Ave, Livermore, CA 94550

2 studio, 5 1BR, 16 2BR, 7 3BR

Apartments
30
Income-restricted
29
Placed in service
2008

Chestnut Square Family Housing

1665 Chestnut Street, Livermore, CA 94551

4 1BR, 22 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
41
Placed in service
2020

Chestnut Square Senior Housing

1651 Chestnut Street, Livermore, CA 94551

HUD lists it as senior housing · 2 studio, 69 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
2019

Heritage Estates Retirement Community

900 E Stanley Blvd, Livermore, CA 94550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 103 1BR

Apartments
250
Income-restricted
103
Placed in service
2004

Heritage Estates Senior Apts

800 E Stanley Blvd, Livermore, CA 94550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 55 1BR

Apartments
130
Income-restricted
55
Placed in service
2007

Owl S Landing

860 Herman Ave, Livermore, CA 94551

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
2000

Stoney Creek Apts

5896 E Ave, Livermore, CA 94550

Apartments
69
Income-restricted
69
Placed in service
1992

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.