California

Tax credit apartments in Sonoma, CA

HUD's database lists 9 properties in Sonoma built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 462 apartments, 447 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Altamira Family Apartments

1269 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476

22 1BR, 14 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
48
Income-restricted
47
Placed in service
2021

Celestina Garden Apartments

125 Dorene Way, Sonoma, CA 95476

HUD lists it as senior housing · 37 1BR, 3 2BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2020

Fetters Apartments (Fka Sonoma Springs Family Apts)

17310 Hwy 12, Sonoma, CA 95476

HUD lists it as senior housing · 19 1BR, 22 2BR, 19 3BR

Apartments
60
Income-restricted
59
Placed in service
2015

Firehouse Village

548 Second St W, Sonoma, CA 95476

3 1BR, 7 2BR, 13 3BR, 1 4BR

Apartments
30
Income-restricted
23
Placed in service
2001

Oak Ridge Senior Apts

18800 Beatrice Dr, Sonoma, CA 95476

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

Apartments
35
Income-restricted
34
Placed in service
2007

Siesta Senior Apartments

171 Siesta Way, Sonoma, CA 95476

HUD lists it as senior housing · 92 1BR

Apartments
92
Income-restricted
91
Placed in service
2023

Springs Village

200 Fuente Ln, Sonoma, CA 95476

8 studio, 8 1BR, 21 2BR, 35 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2005

Valley Oak Homes

875 Lyon St, Sonoma, CA 95476

22 1BR, 8 2BR, 13 3BR

Apartments
43
Income-restricted
42
Placed in service
2013

Village Green II

640 4th Street West, Sonoma, CA 95476

HUD lists it as senior housing · 26 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments
34
Income-restricted
33
Placed in service
2022

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.