1313 Castillo St
1313 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
HUD lists it as senior housing
- Apartments
- 3
- Income-restricted
- 3
- Placed in service
- 1988
California
Tax credit apartments in Santa Barbara, CA
HUD's database lists 25 properties in Santa Barbara built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,187 apartments, 1,159 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Artisan Court Apts
422 E Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
55 studio, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 56
- Income-restricted
- 55
- Placed in service
- 2011
Bradley Studios
512 Bath St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
53 studio, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 54
- Income-restricted
- 53
- Placed in service
- 2012
Casas Las Granadas
21 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
12 1BR
- Apartments
- 12
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 2007
Cottage Gardens Apts
227 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
HUD lists it as senior housing
- Apartments
- 17
- Income-restricted
- 17
- Placed in service
- 1993
De La Vina Frail Seniors
1116 De La Vina St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Apartments
- 98
- Income-restricted
- 97
- Placed in service
- 1999
East Canon Perdido
518 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
8 2BR
- Apartments
- 7
- Income-restricted
- 7
- Placed in service
- 1999
El Carrillo Apts
315 W Carrillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
61 studio, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 62
- Income-restricted
- 61
- Placed in service
- 2006
El Patio Community Housing
4007 Via Lucero, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
- Apartments
- 73
- Income-restricted
- 73
- Placed in service
- 1995
El Patio Community Housing Phase II
4006 Via Lucero, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 40
- Placed in service
- 1996
Hotel De Riviera
125 W Carrillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 30
- Placed in service
- 1989
Jardin De Las Rosas
510 N. Salsipuedes Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
5 1BR, 22 2BR, 13 3BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 2018
Johnson Court
813 E. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
16 studio, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 17
- Income-restricted
- 16
- Placed in service
- 2020
Mha Garden Street Apts
617 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
5 studio, 44 1BR, 2 2BR
- Apartments
- 51
- Income-restricted
- 50
- Placed in service
- 2008
Mom's Apts
425 E Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
4 1BR, 10 2BR, 2 3BR
- Apartments
- 15
- Income-restricted
- 15
- Placed in service
- 2011
Pearl Gardens
13-21 S. Soledad Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
12 3BR, 3 4BR
- Apartments
- 15
- Income-restricted
- 13
- Placed in service
- 2017
Pilgrim Terrace
601 Pilgrim Terrace Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
HUD lists it as senior housing · 76 1BR, 8 2BR
- Apartments
- 84
- Income-restricted
- 83
- Placed in service
- 2016
Positano Apartments
11 Camino De Vida, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
HUD lists it as senior housing · 30 1BR, 42 2BR, 46 3BR
- Apartments
- 118
- Income-restricted
- 116
- Placed in service
- 2017
Rancheria Village Apts
424 Rancheria St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Apartments
- 14
- Income-restricted
- 14
- Placed in service
- 1996
St Vincent's Garden
4200 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
1 1BR, 29 2BR, 35 3BR, 10 4BR
- Apartments
- 75
- Income-restricted
- 74
- Placed in service
- 2007
Sycamore Gardens
211-221 Sycamore Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
20 3BR
- Apartments
- 20
- Income-restricted
- 19
- Placed in service
- 2017
The Gardens On Hope
251 S. Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
89 studio, 1 1BR
- Apartments
- 90
- Income-restricted
- 89
- Placed in service
- 2020
Vera Cruz Village
116 E. Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
28 studio, 1 1BR
- Apartments
- 29
- Income-restricted
- 28
- Placed in service
- 2023
Villa Santa Fe Apts I
418 Santa Fe Pl, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
HUD lists it as senior housing · 106 1BR, 1 2BR
- Apartments
- 107
- Income-restricted
- 102
- Placed in service
- 2014
Villa Santa Fe Apts II
521 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
HUD lists it as senior housing · 60 1BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 53
- 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.