Alamar Apts I
218 S Canal St, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 24
- Income-restricted
- 24
- Placed in service
- 1996
California
Tax credit apartments in Merced, CA
HUD's database lists 19 properties in Merced built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,460 apartments, 1,311 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Alamar Apts II
286 S Canal St, Merced, CA 95341
40 2BR, 32 3BR, 8 4BR
- Apartments
- 80
- Income-restricted
- 79
- Placed in service
- 1996
Childs Avenue Apts
1296 W First St, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 27
- Income-restricted
- 27
- Placed in service
- 1993
Gateway Terrace
410 Lesher Drive, Merced, CA 95341
28 2BR, 28 3BR, 10 4BR
- Apartments
- 66
- Income-restricted
- 65
- Placed in service
- 2013
Gateway Terrace
401 Lesher Dr, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 66
- Income-restricted
- 65
- Placed in service
- 2013
Glenhaven Park
24 W Swallow St, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 15
- Income-restricted
- 15
- Placed in service
- 1990
Grove Apts
340 S Parsons Ave, Merced, CA 95341
48 2BR, 120 3BR, 36 4BR
- Apartments
- 204
- Income-restricted
- 202
- Placed in service
- 2004
Haven Park Partners III
189 S G St, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 15
- Income-restricted
- 15
- Placed in service
- 1990
Haven Park Partners IV
199 S G St, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 1990
Laurel Glen
777 Loughborough Dr, Merced, CA 95348
96 1BR, 32 2BR
- Apartments
- 128
- Income-restricted
- 127
- Placed in service
- 2000
Sca Homes
505 Cartmell Way, Merced, CA 95341
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 1988
Sierra Meadows Apts
720 W 15th St, Merced, CA 95340
HUD lists it as senior housing · 80 1BR, 20 2BR
- Apartments
- 99
- Income-restricted
- 99
- Placed in service
- 1998
Sunny View Apts I
1108 D St, Merced, CA 95341
1 2BR, 84 3BR, 28 4BR
- Apartments
- 113
- Income-restricted
- 111
- Placed in service
- 2007
Sunnyside Apts
988 D St, Merced, CA 95341
1 2BR, 20 3BR, 100 4BR
- Apartments
- 121
- Income-restricted
- 120
- Placed in service
- 2004
The Retreat At Merced Apartments
1137 B Street, Merced, CA 95341
47 1BR, 36 2BR, 36 3BR
- Apartments
- 119
- Income-restricted
- 118
- Placed in service
- 2022
Tioga Apts
1715 N St, Merced, CA 95340
- Apartments
- 90
- Income-restricted
- 90
- Placed in service
- 1989
Willowbrook Apts I
1756 Willowbrook Dr, Merced, CA 95348
- Apartments
- 80
- Income-restricted
- 16
- Placed in service
- 1991
Willowbrook Apts II
1756 Willowbrook Dr, Merced, CA 95348
- Apartments
- 96
- Income-restricted
- 22
- Placed in service
- 1993
Woodbridge Place
3028 Willowbrook Dr, Merced, CA 95348
20 1BR, 37 2BR, 18 3BR
- Apartments
- 75
- Income-restricted
- 74
- Placed in service
- 2012
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.