Centennial Gardens
800-890 W Battles Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458
70 2BR, 70 3BR, 20 4BR
- Apartments
- 160
- Income-restricted
- 159
- Placed in service
- 2024
California
Tax credit apartments in Santa Maria, CA
HUD's database lists 15 properties in Santa Maria built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,321 apartments, 1,300 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Central Plaza Apts
200 N Mcclelland St, Santa Maria, CA 93454
40 1BR, 56 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 112
- Income-restricted
- 111
- Placed in service
- 2005
Los Adobes De Maria II
1148 W Boone St, Santa Maria, CA 93458
12 2BR, 35 3BR, 5 4BR
- Apartments
- 52
- Income-restricted
- 51
- Placed in service
- 2003
Los Adobes De Maria III
525 South Russell Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93458
23 2BR, 11 3BR
- Apartments
- 34
- Income-restricted
- 33
- Placed in service
- 2018
Los Pinos
605 E Newlove Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93454
16 2BR, 7 3BR
- Apartments
- 23
- Income-restricted
- 23
- Placed in service
- 1998
Rancho Gardens Apts I
1414 N Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454
HUD lists it as senior housing · 104 studio
- Apartments
- 104
- Income-restricted
- 101
- Placed in service
- 1999
Rancho Gardens Apts II
1414 N Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454
HUD lists it as senior housing · 16 studio
- Apartments
- 16
- Income-restricted
- 12
- Placed in service
- 2002
Rancho Hermosa
215 Inger Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93454
47 3BR
- Apartments
- 47
- Income-restricted
- 45
- Placed in service
- 2011
Santa Maria Studios
2660 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria, CA 93455
HUD lists it as senior housing · 160 studio
- Apartments
- 160
- Income-restricted
- 159
- Placed in service
- 2024
Sierra Madre Cottages
605-665 Sierra Madre Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93454
HUD lists it as senior housing · 36 1BR, 3 2BR
- Apartments
- 39
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 2020
Ted Zenich Gardens
1034 E Chapel St, Santa Maria, CA 93454
5 2BR, 13 3BR, 6 4BR
- Apartments
- 24
- Income-restricted
- 23
- Placed in service
- 2008
The Residences At Depot Street
201 + 205 North Depot Street, Santa Maria, CA 93458
6 studio, 32 1BR, 36 2BR, 6 3BR
- Apartments
- 80
- Income-restricted
- 78
- Placed in service
- 2020
The Vizcaya Apts
1720 S Depot St, Santa Maria, CA 93458
24 1BR, 112 2BR, 80 3BR, 20 4BR
- Apartments
- 236
- Income-restricted
- 234
- Placed in service
- 2007
West Cox Cottages
1141 West Cox Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93458
30 1BR
- Apartments
- 30
- Income-restricted
- 29
- Placed in service
- 2021
Westgate Courtyards
1240 Bethel Ln, Santa Maria, CA 93458
102 2BR, 102 3BR
- Apartments
- 204
- Income-restricted
- 203
- Placed in service
- 2003
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.