California

Tax credit apartments in Santa Clara, CA

HUD's database lists 18 properties in Santa Clara built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,416 apartments, 1,396 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Agrihood Senior Apts.

76 N. Winchester Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050

HUD lists it as senior housing · 68 studio, 85 1BR, 12 2BR

Apartments
165
Income-restricted
163
Placed in service
2023

Belovida Santa Clara Senior Apts

1820 Main St, Santa Clara, CA 95050

HUD lists it as senior housing · 27 1BR, 1 2BR

Apartments
28
Income-restricted
27
Placed in service
2009

Bracher Senior

2665 S Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95051

HUD lists it as senior housing · 72 1BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
71
Placed in service
1995

Calabazas Community Apartment F.k.a Corvin Apartments

3311 Kifer Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95051

144 studio, 1 2BR

Apartments
145
Income-restricted
144
Placed in service
2021

Camino Del Rey

2525 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051

HUD lists it as senior housing · 48 1BR

Apartments
47
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2013

Gateway Santa Clara

1000 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050

HUD lists it as senior housing · 40 1BR, 2 2BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
41
Placed in service
2004

Homesafe Santa Clara

611 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050

24 studio, 1 1BR

Apartments
25
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
2001

John Burns Gardens

820 Agnew Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054

HUD lists it as senior housing · 95 1BR, 5 2BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2003

Kifer Senior Apartments Fka Kifer Senior Housing

3333 Kifer Road, Santa Clara, CA 95051

HUD lists it as senior housing · 30 studio, 45 1BR, 5 2BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2024

Klamath Gardens

2051 Klamath Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051

10 2BR, 6 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments
17
Income-restricted
16
Placed in service
1996

Miramar Way

3761 Miramar Way, Santa Clara, CA 95051

9 1BR, 7 2BR

Apartments
16
Income-restricted
15
Placed in service
2011

Monroe Street Apartments

2330 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, CA 95050

7 studio, 23 1BR, 29 2BR, 6 3BR

Apartments
65
Income-restricted
64
Placed in service
2023

Presidio El Camino Apts

1490 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050

20 studio, 20 1BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2012

Rivertown Apts

1340 Hope Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054

70 2BR, 30 3BR

Apartments
100
Income-restricted
99
Placed in service
2003

Riverwood Grove

2150 Tasman Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054

5 1BR, 30 2BR, 30 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments
71
Income-restricted
70
Placed in service
2003

Riverwood Place

5090 Lick Mill Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054

146 studio, 2 1BR

Apartments
148
Income-restricted
146
Placed in service
2003

St. Anton Tasman Apartments

2233 Calle Del Mundo, Santa Clara, CA 95054

153 studio, 43 1BR

Apartments
196
Income-restricted
194
Placed in service
2023

The Meridian

3941 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95051

10 1BR, 20 2BR, 24 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments
59
Income-restricted
58
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.