Florida

Tax credit apartments in Sarasota, FL

HUD's database lists 8 properties in Sarasota built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 780 apartments, 757 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Amaryllis Park Place

1912 North Orange Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34234

HUD lists it as senior housing · 44 1BR, 40 2BR

Apartments
84
Income-restricted
84
Placed in service
2018

Arbor Village

2901 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34237

72 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2019

Bayou Oaks

1160 Four Seasons Cir, Sarasota, FL 34234

40 1BR, 40 2BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
79
Placed in service
2000

Janie's Garden I

2350 Central Ave, Sarasota, FL 34234

15 1BR, 56 2BR, 9 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments
86
Income-restricted
65
Placed in service
2009

Janie's Garden II

2350 Central Ave, Sarasota, FL 34234

28 1BR, 34 2BR, 4 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
68
Income-restricted
68
Placed in service
2011

Janie's Garden III

2350 Central Avenue South, Sarasota, FL 34234

12 1BR, 36 2BR, 16 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
72
Income-restricted
72
Placed in service
2016

Rolling Green

2596 Twin Dr, Sarasota, FL 34234

Apartments
118
Income-restricted
118
Placed in service
2013

University Club

3203 Nature Cir, Sarasota, FL 34235

44 1BR, 84 2BR, 40 3BR, 24 4BR

Apartments
192
Income-restricted
191
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.