Oregon

Tax credit apartments in Hillsboro, OR

HUD's database lists 15 properties in Hillsboro built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 1,034 apartments, 1,031 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Alma Gardens

6300 NE Cherry Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97124

HUD lists it as senior housing · 45 1BR

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 44
Placed in service: 2013

Benjamin's Corner

2900 SE 38th Ct, Hillsboro, OR 97123

Apartments: 48
Income-restricted: 48
Placed in service: 1991

Briarcreek Apts

1008 NW Briarcreek Way, Hillsboro, OR 97006

Apartments: 216
Income-restricted: 216
Placed in service: 1999

City Center Apts

160 SE Washington St, Hillsboro, OR 97123

57 1BR, 34 2BR

Apartments: 91
Income-restricted: 91
Placed in service: 2004

Estate House

339 NE Fourth Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124

Apartments: 1
Income-restricted: 1
Placed in service: 1988

Gateway Commons Apts

181 SE 18th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123

19 1BR, 67 2BR, 50 3BR

Apartments: 138
Income-restricted: 138
Placed in service: 2004

Montebello

220 SE 12th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123

21 2BR, 21 3BR, 3 4BR

Apartments: 45
Income-restricted: 45
Placed in service: 1999

Orchards At Orenco Ph 1, The

6520 NE Cherry Drive, Hillsboro, OR 97124

39 2BR, 18 3BR

Apartments: 57
Income-restricted: 57
Placed in service: 2015

Orchards At Orenco Phase II

6598 NE Cherry Drive, Hillsboro, OR 97124

44 1BR, 14 2BR

Apartments: 58
Income-restricted: 58
Placed in service: 2016

Orchards At Orenco Phase III

6616 NE Cherry Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97124

33 2BR, 19 3BR

Apartments: 52
Income-restricted: 52
Placed in service: 2018

Sierra West

356 SE 12th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123

Apartments: 56
Income-restricted: 55
Placed in service: 1998

Sierra West, Proyecto Adelantes Familias

353 SE 12th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123

41 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments: 57
Income-restricted: 57
Placed in service: 2008

Sunset Gardens Apts

951 SE 13th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123

1 1BR, 96 2BR, 2 3BR, 3 4BR

Apartments: 101
Income-restricted: 100
Placed in service: 2008

Triplexes

1104 SE Baseline St, Hillsboro, OR 97123

Apartments: 6
Income-restricted: 6
Placed in service: 1989

Villa Capri

1160 SE Washington St, Hillsboro, OR 97123

22 1BR, 25 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments: 63
Income-restricted: 63
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.