Louisiana

Tax credit apartments in Opelousas, LA

HUD's database lists 12 properties in Opelousas built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 420 apartments, 390 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Country Rkidge Estates North

411 Country Ridge Road, Opelousas, LA 70570

Apartments
32
Income-restricted
32
Placed in service
2023

Crestview Apartments

1167 Mccarthy Lane, Opelousas, LA 70570

4 2BR

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
36
Placed in service
2001

Dogwood Apts

100 Plantation Road, Opelousas, LA 70570

8 2BR

Apartments
31
Income-restricted
31
Placed in service
1998

Dupre Place Subdivision

1220 Dean Dr, Opelousas, LA 70570

HUD lists it as senior housing · 42 3BR, 8 4BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2003

Dupre Place Subdivision Phase II

1204 Delores Pl, Opelousas, LA 70570

Apartments
25
Income-restricted
25
Placed in service
2004

Hammermill Apts.

5632 Hwy 182, Opelousas, LA 70570

1 studio, 2 4BR

Apartments
30
Income-restricted
0
Placed in service
1996

Lawtell Manor

10262 Prejean Hwy., Opelousas, LA 70550

6 1BR

Apartments
32
Income-restricted
32
Placed in service
2022

Mcknight Manor

234 North Bullard Street, Opelousas, LA 70570

8 2BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2003

Opelousas Point Apts.

1407 Garland Ave, Opelousas, LA 70570

36 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments
44
Income-restricted
44
Placed in service
1994

Opelousas Villa Apartments

1211 Garland Ave, Opelousas, LA 70570

6 1BR

Apartments
32
Income-restricted
32
Placed in service
1996

St Landry Place

826, 830 Jerome Loop, Opelousas, LA 70570

1 1BR

Apartments
28
Income-restricted
28
Placed in service
2008

St. Landry Crossing I

1230 Mccarthy Lane, Opelousas, LA 70570

1 2BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2010

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.