California

Tax credit apartments in Thousand Palms, CA

HUD's database lists 10 properties in Thousand Palms built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 106 apartments, 105 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

30-130 Los Flores

31130 Las Flores Way, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1988

31480 Arbol Real

31480 Arbol Real, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1988

73-075 Callita Bell

73075 Callita Bell, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1988

Legacy

72490 El Centro Way, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

14 1BR, 34 2BR, 33 3BR

Apartments
81
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2012

Shangri La Palms IV

30570, 30870, 31060, 31150, 30187, 30260, 31307 Arbor Real, Thousand Palms, CA

Apartments
17
Income-restricted
17
Placed in service
1991

Thousand Palms Phase II

30570 Calle Jessica, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1990

Thousand Palms Phase III

30525 Las Flores Way, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1991

Thousand Palms Phase III (Lot 241)

30335 Calle Jessica, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1991

Thousand Palms Phase III (Lot 60)

31350 Las Flores Way, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1991

Thousand Palms Phase III (Lot 98)

31185 Las Flores Way, Thousand Palms, CA 92276

Apartments
1
Income-restricted
1
Placed in service
1991

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.