Casa Nettleton Apts
160 Nettleton Rd, Vista, CA 92083
2 2BR, 18 3BR, 8 4BR
- Apartments
- 28
- Income-restricted
- 28
- Placed in service
- 1999
California
Tax credit apartments in Vista, CA
HUD's database lists 10 properties in Vista built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 604 apartments, 594 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Cedar Nettleton Apartments
245 Cedar Road, Vista, CA 92083
18 2BR, 36 3BR, 14 4BR
- Apartments
- 68
- Income-restricted
- 67
- Placed in service
- 2017
Cedar Road Apts
245 Cedar Rd, Vista, CA 92083
16 2BR, 18 3BR, 5 4BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 1996
Los Robles Apts (Vista)
1475 Oak Dr, Vista, CA 92084
16 1BR, 40 2BR, 20 3BR
- Apartments
- 76
- Income-restricted
- 75
- Placed in service
- 2013
North Santa Fe Apartments
301 North Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA 92084
18 1BR, 29 2BR, 21 3BR
- Apartments
- 68
- Income-restricted
- 66
- Placed in service
- 2016
North Santa Fe Apts
301 N Santa Fe Ave, Vista, CA 92084
- Apartments
- 67
- Income-restricted
- 66
- Placed in service
- 2016
Paseo Artist Village
501 + 515 South Santa Fe Ave, Vista, CA 92083
22 1BR, 22 2BR, 16 3BR
- Apartments
- 60
- Income-restricted
- 59
- Placed in service
- 2022
Paseo Pointe
325 South Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA 92083
3 studio, 21 1BR, 24 2BR, 21 3BR
- Apartments
- 69
- Income-restricted
- 68
- Placed in service
- 2015
The Grove
815 Civic Center Drive, Vista, CA 92084
HUD lists it as senior housing · 66 1BR, 15 2BR
- Apartments
- 81
- Income-restricted
- 80
- Placed in service
- 2020
Vista Terrace
987 Postal Way, Vista, CA 92083
37 2BR, 10 3BR
- Apartments
- 47
- Income-restricted
- 46
- Placed in service
- 2013
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.