California

Tax credit apartments in Redwood City, CA

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Redwood City built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 650 apartments, 641 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

353 Main Street Family Apartments

353 Main Street, Redwood City, CA 94603

15 studio, 57 1BR, 53 2BR

Apartments
125
Income-restricted
124
Placed in service
2023

Arroyo Green Apartments

707-777 Bradford Street, Redwood City, CA 94063

HUD lists it as senior housing · 29 studio, 83 1BR, 5 2BR

Apartments
117
Income-restricted
116
Placed in service
2021

City Center Plaza

950 Main Street, Redwood City, CA 94063

20 1BR, 32 2BR, 22 3BR, 7 4BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2017

Fair Oaks Commons (Fka: 2821 Ecr)

2821 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94061

61 studio, 5 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
67
Income-restricted
66
Placed in service
2020

Hallmark House Apts

531 Woodside Rd, Redwood City, CA 94061

2 studio, 69 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
2004

Miramontes Apartments Fka 1304 El Camino Real Apartments

1304 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94061

30 studio, 8 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
39
Income-restricted
38
Placed in service
2023

Mosaic Garden (Fka Atherton Court)

3752, 3762-3770 Rolison Road, Redwood City, CA 94063

53 studio, 2 1BR

Apartments
55
Income-restricted
54
Placed in service
2019

Redwood Oaks Apts

330 Redwood Ave, Redwood City, CA 94061

34 1BR, 2 2BR

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
35
Placed in service
2002

Villa Montgomery

1500 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063

8 studio, 8 1BR, 18 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments
58
Income-restricted
57
Placed in service
2007

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.