Alora
604 W. Richmar Avenue, San Marcos, CA 92069
15 1BR, 60 2BR, 25 3BR
- Apartments
- 100
- Income-restricted
- 99
- Placed in service
- 2023
California
Tax credit apartments in San Marcos, CA
HUD's database lists 24 properties in San Marcos built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,339 apartments, 2,296 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Autumn Terrace
251 Autumn Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069
30 1BR, 25 2BR, 48 3BR
- Apartments
- 103
- Income-restricted
- 100
- Placed in service
- 2010
Copper Creek Apts 4 Percent
1730 Elfin Forest Rd, San Marcos, CA 92078
32 1BR, 62 2BR, 62 3BR
- Apartments
- 156
- Income-restricted
- 155
- Placed in service
- 2004
Copper Creek Apts 9 Percent
1730 Elfin Forest Rd, San Marcos, CA 92078
24 1BR, 8 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 47
- Placed in service
- 2004
Eastgate
14 Creekside Drive, San Marcos, CA 92078
6 studio, 5 1BR, 18 2BR, 13 3BR
- Apartments
- 42
- Income-restricted
- 41
- Placed in service
- 2017
El Dorado II Apartments
303, 305, 309, 317, 321 Richmar Avenue, San Marcos, CA 92069
12 2BR, 72 3BR
- Apartments
- 84
- Income-restricted
- 83
- Placed in service
- 2021
Estrella
600 W Richmar Avenue, San Marcos, CA 92069
46 1BR, 24 2BR, 26 3BR
- Apartments
- 96
- Income-restricted
- 94
- Placed in service
- 2024
Fitzpatrick Townhomes
Fitzpatrick Rd & Richmar Ave, San Marcos, CA
- Apartments
- 78
- Income-restricted
- 77
- Placed in service
- 2012
Grandon Village Apts
1605 Grandon Ave, San Marcos, CA 92078
HUD lists it as senior housing · 53 1BR, 108 2BR
- Apartments
- 161
- Income-restricted
- 160
- Placed in service
- 2004
Las Flores Village
1411 N Las Flores Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069
1 2BR, 99 3BR
- Apartments
- 100
- Income-restricted
- 99
- Placed in service
- 2006
Melrose Villas
1820 Melrose Dr, San Marcos, CA 92078
12 1BR, 63 2BR, 39 3BR
- Apartments
- 114
- Income-restricted
- 113
- Placed in service
- 2006
Parkview Apts (San Marcos)
363 Autumn Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069
19 1BR, 38 2BR, 27 3BR
- Apartments
- 84
- Income-restricted
- 82
- Placed in service
- 2014
Paseo Del Oro Apartments
432 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069
24 1BR, 59 2BR, 37 3BR
- Apartments
- 120
- Income-restricted
- 103
- Placed in service
- 2018
Promenade At Creekside
1 Creekside Drive, San Marcos, CA 92078
25 1BR, 20 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 65
- Income-restricted
- 64
- Placed in service
- 2016
Rancho Santa Fe Village
500 S Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Marcos, CA 92078
HUD lists it as senior housing · 48 1BR, 72 2BR
- Apartments
- 120
- Income-restricted
- 119
- Placed in service
- 2005
Sage Canyon Apts
1020 Stephanie Ct, San Marcos, CA 92078
14 1BR, 28 2BR, 30 3BR
- Apartments
- 72
- Income-restricted
- 71
- Placed in service
- 2006
Sierra Vista Apts
435 Autumn Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069
96 2BR, 96 3BR
- Apartments
- 192
- Income-restricted
- 190
- Placed in service
- 2000
Terra Cotta Apts
523 Rush Dr, San Marcos, CA 92078
16 1BR, 96 2BR, 56 3BR
- Apartments
- 168
- Income-restricted
- 167
- Placed in service
- 2000
The Knolls (San Marcos)
688 Vineyard Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069
23 2BR, 17 3BR, 22 4BR
- Apartments
- 62
- Income-restricted
- 61
- Placed in service
- 1999
Ventaliso II
609 Richmar Avenue, San Marcos, CA 92128
12 1BR, 20 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 47
- Placed in service
- 2016
Villa Serena Apts
339 Marcos St, San Marcos, CA 92069
36 1BR, 99 2BR, 2 3BR
- Apartments
- 136
- Income-restricted
- 136
- Placed in service
- 1999
Villa Serena Phase 1
340 Marcos Street, San Marcos, CA 92069
18 1BR, 41 2BR, 26 3BR
- Apartments
- 85
- Income-restricted
- 84
- Placed in service
- 2023
Westlake Village Apts Phase 1
413 Autumn Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069
15 1BR, 18 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 48
- Income-restricted
- 48
- Placed in service
- 2013
Westlake Village Apts Phase II
417 Autumn Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069
21 1BR, 18 2BR, 18 3BR
- Apartments
- 57
- Income-restricted
- 56
- Placed in service
- 2013
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.