Jardines Del Valle
76 Murphy Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Apartments
- 18
- Income-restricted
- 18
- Placed in service
- 1997
California
Tax credit apartments in Watsonville, CA
HUD's database lists 14 properties in Watsonville built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 761 apartments, 752 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.
Northgate Apts
485 Holohan Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
82 3BR
- Apartments
- 82
- Income-restricted
- 81
- Placed in service
- 2000
Pacifica Apts
201 Pacifica Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076
13 2BR, 7 3BR
- Apartments
- 19
- Income-restricted
- 19
- Placed in service
- 2011
Pajaro Court
170 Pennsylvania Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Apartments
- 10
- Income-restricted
- 10
- Placed in service
- 1994
Pippin Orchards Apartments
56 Atkinson Lane, Watsonville, CA 95076
3 1BR, 29 2BR, 14 3BR
- Apartments
- 46
- Income-restricted
- 45
- Placed in service
- 2018
San Andreas Farm Labor Camp
295 San Andreas Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
2 1BR, 4 2BR, 24 3BR, 12 4BR
- Apartments
- 43
- Income-restricted
- 42
- Placed in service
- 2001
Schapiro Knolls
33 Minto Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
22 1BR, 32 2BR, 27 3BR, 7 4BR
- Apartments
- 87
- Income-restricted
- 87
- Placed in service
- 2013
Stone Creek Apts
300 Bree Ln, Watsonville, CA 95076
12 1BR, 40 2BR, 60 3BR, 8 4BR
- Apartments
- 120
- Income-restricted
- 119
- Placed in service
- 2000
Tabasa Gardens
1482 Freedom Blvd., Watsonville, CA 95076
- Apartments
- 53
- Income-restricted
- 52
- Placed in service
- 2024
Tierra Linda
490 Beck St, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Apartments
- 18
- Income-restricted
- 18
- Placed in service
- 1994
Via Del Mar
124 W Beach St, Watsonville, CA 95076
7 1BR, 20 2BR, 13 3BR
- Apartments
- 40
- Income-restricted
- 39
- Placed in service
- 2005
Villa La Posada
34 Ortega Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Apartments
- 42
- Income-restricted
- 42
- Placed in service
- 1993
Villas Del Paraiso
340a Paraiso Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076
10 1BR, 24 2BR, 12 3BR, 5 4BR
- Apartments
- 51
- Income-restricted
- 50
- Placed in service
- 2005
Vista Montana Apts (Watsonville)
790 Vista Montana Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076
60 2BR, 51 3BR, 21 4BR
- Apartments
- 132
- Income-restricted
- 130
- Placed in service
- 2004
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.