Louisiana

Tax credit apartments in Lake Charles, LA

HUD's database lists 32 properties in Lake Charles built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,632 apartments, 2,285 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Bayou Bluff

2228 Old Highway 171, Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 2BR

Apartments: 30
Income-restricted: 30
Placed in service: 2012

Booker T Washington Homes

469 Chandler, Lake Charles, LA 70601

22 2BR, 18 3BR, 6 4BR

Apartments: 46
Income-restricted: 46
Placed in service: 2013

Chateau Du Lac

333 Mill Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

HUD lists it as senior housing · 178 1BR, 20 2BR

Apartments: 198
Income-restricted: 198
Placed in service: 2007

Cottages At The Power Centre

Power Centre Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 2BR

Apartments: 125
Income-restricted: 87
Placed in service: 2011

Emerald Point

4254 5th Avenue, Lake Charles, LA 70607

12 3BR

Apartments: 120
Income-restricted: 72
Placed in service: 2008

Festival Apartments

2400 Fruge Street, Lake Charles, LA 70602

4 1BR, 4 3BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 56
Placed in service: 2001

Gordon Woods

4336 Gordon Woods Dr., Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 2BR

Apartments: 70
Income-restricted: 70
Placed in service: 2008

Havens Of Lake Charles

2331 Power Center Pkwy, Lake Charles, LA 70607

HUD lists it as senior housing · 1 2BR

Apartments: 72
Income-restricted: 50
Placed in service: 2012

High School Park

1626 2nd St, Lake Charles, LA 70601

2 3BR

Apartments: 50
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: 2016

Kingsley Court

404 Cedar Way, Lake Charles, LA 70601

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: 2012

La Maison Apartments

5001 Pecan Acres Dr., Lake Charles, LA 70602

8 1BR

Apartments: 78
Income-restricted: 78
Placed in service: 2004

Le Jolliet

SE Corner Of 5th Ave & Power Center Parkway, Lake Charles, LA 70607

12 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments: 264
Income-restricted: 264
Placed in service: 2020

Louise Landing

2506 Ruth Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

1 2BR

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 56
Placed in service: 2008

Manor At Lake Charles (Formerly Fifth Avenue Apts)

2260 Prejean Street, Lake Charles, LA 70607

4 1BR, 4 2BR

Apartments: 40
Income-restricted: 40
Placed in service: 2011

Patrick Place

4499 Lake Caroline Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 2BR

Apartments: 28
Income-restricted: 28
Placed in service: 2007

Presley Park

4437 Lake Fairway Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 2BR

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: 70
Placed in service: 2009

Quinn Court

2506 Ruth Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

1 3BR

Apartments: 29
Income-restricted: 29
Placed in service: 2007

St Charles Place

1011 West 18th Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

1 2BR

Apartments: 121
Income-restricted: 121
Placed in service: 2000

Sunlight Manor I

1938 Winterhalter Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

Apartments: 92
Income-restricted: 92
Placed in service: 2019

Sunlight Manor II

1522 Brick Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

Apartments: 38
Income-restricted: 38
Placed in service: 2019

The Meadows

2105 Smith Road, Lake Charles, LA 70606

1 3BR

Apartments: 180
Income-restricted: 72
Placed in service: 2011

The Ridge At Lake Charles

5140 Weaver Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605

12 3BR, 4 4BR

Apartments: 96
Income-restricted: 94
Placed in service: 2008

Valleyview Apts.

4401 5th Avenue South, 101, Lake Charles, LA 70607

8 1BR

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: 100
Placed in service: 1998

Village At Mcneese

Lake Charles, LA

Apartments: 60
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Villages Of Lake Charles

661 Dixy Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601

5 1BR

Apartments: 119
Income-restricted: 119
Placed in service: 2010

Villas (Vista) Of Lake Charles

2321 Power Center Pkwy, Lake Charles, LA 70607

8 2BR, 3 3BR

Apartments: 72
Income-restricted: 43
Placed in service: 2011

Villas Of Lake Charles

5100 Weaver Road,, Lake Charles, LA 70605

2 1BR, 4 2BR

Apartments: 78
Income-restricted: 78
Placed in service: 2008

Whispering Pines

5th Avenue, Lake Charles, LA 70607

2 1BR, 4 2BR

Apartments: 170
Income-restricted: 170
Placed in service: 1997

Woodland Glen

4343 Lake Fairway Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 2BR

Apartments: 27
Income-restricted: 27
Placed in service: 2006

Woodland Lakes

4499 Lake Charles Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70615

1 3BR

Apartments: 33
Income-restricted: 33
Placed in service: 2003

Woodland Pines Development

510 Queen Carter Ct, Lake Charles, LA 70615

HUD lists it as senior housing · 22 3BR, 5 4BR

Apartments: 27
Income-restricted: 27
Placed in service: 2003

Woodland Shores

Goodman Road, Lake Charles, LA 70601

1 3BR

Apartments: 33
Income-restricted: 33
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.