California

Tax credit apartments in Palmdale, CA

HUD's database lists 19 properties in Palmdale built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,142 apartments, 2,118 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Arbor At Palmdale

1000 E Ave Q, Palmdale, CA 93550

1 1BR, 72 2BR, 18 3BR

Apartments
91
Income-restricted
90
Placed in service
2005

Casablanca Apts

4160 E Ave R, Palmdale, CA 93552

100 2BR, 100 3BR

Apartments
200
Income-restricted
198
Placed in service
2000

Cielo Azul

38040 27th St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 64 1BR, 17 2BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2008

Courson Arts Colony East

939 East Avenue Q12, Palmdale, CA 93550

34 studio, 8 1BR, 13 2BR, 26 3BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2018

Courson Arts Colony West (Cac West)

931 E. Avenue, Q-12, Palmdale, CA 93550

40 1BR, 15 2BR, 25 3BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2019

Desert Senior Living

38780 Orchid View Pl, Palmdale, CA 93550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 50 1BR, 12 2BR

Apartments
62
Income-restricted
61
Placed in service
2008

Juniper Grove Apartments

150 E. Avenue R, Palmdale, CA 93550

49 1BR, 27 2BR, 25 3BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2024

Longhorn Pavilion

36523 25th St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

32 1BR, 136 2BR, 136 3BR

Apartments
304
Income-restricted
304
Placed in service
1993

Maison's Palmdale

6510-a Neil Drive, Palmdale, CA 93552

59 1BR, 58 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments
118
Income-restricted
117
Placed in service
2022

Maisons Village I

5204 Lilac Drive, Palmdale, CA 93552

27 1BR, 71 2BR, 72 3BR

Apartments
170
Income-restricted
168
Placed in service
2023

Palmdale Park Apartments

38002 15th St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

42 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
58
Income-restricted
57
Placed in service
2019

Palmdale Terrace Apartments

2650 E Avenue Q12, Palmdale, CA 93550

73 1BR, 40 2BR, 38 3BR

Apartments
151
Income-restricted
149
Placed in service
2024

Palmdalia

38028 11th St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

16 1BR, 48 2BR

Apartments
64
Income-restricted
63
Placed in service
2012

Palo Verde Apts (Palmdale)

38235 Tenth St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 63 1BR, 15 2BR

Apartments
78
Income-restricted
77
Placed in service
2009

Sierra View Gardens

37850 20th St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 116 1BR, 28 2BR

Apartments
144
Income-restricted
142
Placed in service
2000

Summer Terrace

38530 Tierra Subida Ave, Palmdale, CA 93551

HUD lists it as senior housing · 71 1BR, 9 2BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2009

Twin Palms Apts

1105 E Ave Q, Palmdale, CA

12 2BR, 24 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2008

Whispering Palms Apts

38250 Ninth St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

HUD lists it as senior housing · 67 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments
75
Income-restricted
74
Placed in service
2008

Wright Brothers Court

38832 Fourth St E, Palmdale, CA 93550

42 1BR, 60 2BR, 54 3BR

Apartments
156
Income-restricted
154
Placed in service
2014

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.