Centennial Place
235 E Holly St, Pasadena, CA 91101
- Apartments
- 144
- Income-restricted
- 144
- Placed in service
- 1990
California
Tax credit apartments in Pasadena, CA
HUD's database lists 19 properties in Pasadena built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,906 apartments, 1,591 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Community Arms Apts
169 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
22 1BR, 86 2BR, 25 3BR
- Apartments
- 133
- Income-restricted
- 131
- Placed in service
- 2003
Euclid Villa Transition Housing
154 S Euclid Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
6 1BR, 4 2BR, 4 3BR, 1 4BR
- Apartments
- 15
- Income-restricted
- 15
- Placed in service
- 1998
Heritage Square
762 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103
70 1BR
- Apartments
- 70
- Income-restricted
- 69
- Placed in service
- 2016
Heritage Square South
710 N Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103
HUD lists it as senior housing · 69 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 70
- Income-restricted
- 69
- Placed in service
- 2024
Holly Street Village
151 E Holly St, Pasadena, CA 91103
- Apartments
- 374
- Income-restricted
- 75
- Placed in service
- 1994
Hudson Oaks
1267 N Hudson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104
HUD lists it as senior housing · 44 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 45
- Income-restricted
- 44
- Placed in service
- 2012
Kings Villages
1141 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
29 1BR, 113 2BR, 150 3BR, 20 4BR
- Apartments
- 313
- Income-restricted
- 312
- Placed in service
- 2000
Northwest Manor I
985 N. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103
14 1BR, 30 2BR
- Apartments
- 44
- Income-restricted
- 44
- Placed in service
- 2015
Orange Grove Gardens
252 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104
18 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 38
- Income-restricted
- 37
- Placed in service
- 2006
Parke Los Robles
626 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 1994
Pasadena Studios
282 N. Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
180 studio, 1 1BR
- Apartments
- 181
- Income-restricted
- 179
- Placed in service
- 2023
Pilgrim Tower North Apts
560 E Villa St, Pasadena, CA 91101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 258 1BR
- Apartments
- 258
- Income-restricted
- 255
- Placed in service
- 2006
The Groves
700 East Mountain Street, Pasadena, CA 91104
8 studio, 6 1BR, 30 2BR
- Apartments
- 44
- Income-restricted
- 42
- Placed in service
- 2016
The Salvation Army Pasadena Hope Center Apartments
1000 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91106
65 studio, 1 1BR
- Apartments
- 66
- Income-restricted
- 65
- Placed in service
- 2023
Villa Los Robles
473 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
- Apartments
- 8
- Income-restricted
- 8
- Placed in service
- 1992
Villa Parke Homes
422 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
- Apartments
- 9
- Income-restricted
- 9
- Placed in service
- 1989
Villa Raymond Apartments
455 N Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103
HUD lists it as senior housing · 45 studio, 16 1BR
- Apartments
- 61
- Income-restricted
- 60
- Placed in service
- 2021
Washington Villa Apts
264 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104
11 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 21
- Income-restricted
- 21
- Placed in service
- 1995
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.