California

Tax credit apartments in Santa Ana, CA

HUD's database lists 31 properties in Santa Ana built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 3,810 apartments, 3,764 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Andalucia Apartments

815 N Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92703

70 3BR

Apartments
70
Income-restricted
56
Placed in service
2017

Archways Santa Ana (F.k.a Westview House)

2530 And 2534 Westminster Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92706

23 1BR, 4 2BR, 34 3BR, 24 4BR

Apartments
85
Income-restricted
84
Placed in service
2024

Casa Querencia

317 E. 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706

12 studio, 45 1BR

Apartments
57
Income-restricted
56
Placed in service
2021

City Gardens Apts

2901 N Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92706

Apartments
274
Income-restricted
274
Placed in service
1996

Cornerstone Apartments

805-904 S. Minnie Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701

120 1BR, 6 2BR

Apartments
126
Income-restricted
125
Placed in service
2020

Estrella Springs

1108 N. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92703

89 studio, 1 2BR, 1 3BR

Apartments
91
Income-restricted
89
Placed in service
2024

First Point I

2112 East First Street, Santa Ana, CA 92705

26 1BR, 160 2BR, 84 3BR, 76 4BR

Apartments
346
Income-restricted
343
Placed in service
2023

First Point II

2116 E. First Street, Santa Ana, CA 92705

1 1BR, 79 2BR, 62 3BR, 64 4BR

Apartments
206
Income-restricted
204
Placed in service
2022

First Street Apartments

1440 East 1st Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701

35 2BR, 28 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments
69
Income-restricted
68
Placed in service
2019

Flower Park Plaza

901 W First St, Santa Ana, CA 92703

HUD lists it as senior housing · 51 studio, 147 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
199
Income-restricted
198
Placed in service
2006

Flower Terrace

1401 N Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92706

HUD lists it as senior housing · 200 1BR

Apartments
200
Income-restricted
198
Placed in service
2013

Heninger Village Apts

200 S Sycamore St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

HUD lists it as senior housing · 39 1BR, 19 2BR

Apartments
58
Income-restricted
57
Placed in service
2001

Heroes Landing (Fka: Santa Ana Veterans Village)

3314 W. First Street, Santa Ana, CA 92704

71 1BR, 5 2BR

Apartments
76
Income-restricted
75
Placed in service
2020

La Gema Del Barrio

638 E Adams St, Santa Ana, CA 92707

Apartments
6
Income-restricted
6
Placed in service
1992

Lacy & Raitt Apts

703 N Lacy St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

3 studio, 19 1BR, 11 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments
35
Income-restricted
34
Placed in service
2010

Legacy Square

301 E Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92701

30 1BR, 39 2BR, 24 3BR

Apartments
93
Income-restricted
92
Placed in service
2023

Metro East Senior Park (Fka Villa Ct. Sr. Apts)

2222 E. First Street, Santa Ana, CA 92705

91 studio, 262 1BR, 65 2BR

Apartments
418
Income-restricted
415
Placed in service
2021

Raitt Street Apts

201 N Raitt St, Santa Ana, CA 92703

6 3BR

Apartments
6
Income-restricted
6
Placed in service
1993

Ross & Durant Apts

1411 N Durant St, Santa Ana, CA 92706

18 1BR, 20 2BR, 10 3BR

Apartments
49
Income-restricted
48
Placed in service
2007

Santa Ana Arts Collective

1666 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701

26 1BR, 15 2BR, 17 3BR

Apartments
58
Income-restricted
57
Placed in service
2020

Santa Ana Infill

605 E Washington Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92701

14 2BR, 36 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2012

Santa Ana Station District Phase I

616 N Lacy St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

51 2BR, 23 3BR

Apartments
74
Income-restricted
73
Placed in service
2013

Santa Ana Station District Phase II

616 N Lacy St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

5 1BR, 22 2BR, 13 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2012

Santa Ana Towers

401 W First St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

HUD lists it as senior housing · 199 1BR

Apartments
200
Income-restricted
199
Placed in service
2001

Sullivan Manor Apartments

2516 W. 1st Street, Santa Ana, CA 92703

32 2BR, 18 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments
54
Income-restricted
53
Placed in service
2014

The Crossroads At Washington

1126 And 1146 E. Washington Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92701

16 studio, 26 1BR, 22 2BR, 17 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments
86
Income-restricted
85
Placed in service
2024

Tiny Tim

2223 West 5th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92703

24 2BR, 25 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2021

Vista Del Rio

1600 W Memory Ln, Santa Ana, CA 92706

15 studio, 20 1BR, 6 2BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2013

Warwick Square Apts

780 S Lyon St, Santa Ana, CA 92705

Apartments
500
Income-restricted
500
Placed in service
1996

Wilshire & Minnie Apts

1201 E Wilshire Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707

108 1BR, 16 2BR, 18 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
144
Income-restricted
143
Placed in service
2008

Wiseplace Permanent Supportive Housing (Psh)

1411 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92706

47 studio, 1 2BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2024

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.