Texas

Tax credit apartments in Brownsville, TX

HUD's database lists 27 properties in Brownsville built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 3,304 apartments, 2,410 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Bella Terra

3320 Galeno Crossing, Brownsville, TX

Apartments: 80
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: 2015

Bowie Garden Apts

4650 Bowie Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521

Apartments: 86
Income-restricted: 86
Placed in service: 2011

Brownsville Lofts

1860 Central Boulevard, Brownsville, TX 78520

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments: 70
Income-restricted: 64
Placed in service: 2022

Candlewick Apts

1155 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521

Apartments: 131
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Casitas Lantana

3954 Dana Ave, Brownsville, TX 78526

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments: 80
Income-restricted: 80
Placed in service: n/a

Catalon At Paseo De La Resaca

Heritage Trail & Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78526

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments: 128
Income-restricted: 100
Placed in service: n/a

Champion Homes At Canyon Creek

1701 Canyon Cir, Brownsville, TX 78521

16 1BR, 49 2BR, 35 3BR

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: 151
Placed in service: 2012

Citrus Gardens

2100 Grapefruit St, Brownsville, TX 78521

Apartments: 148
Income-restricted: 148
Placed in service: 2012

Cunningham Manor Apts

2835 Rockwell Dr, Brownsville, TX 78521

Apartments: 103
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Huntington At Paseo De La Resaca

Heritage Trail & Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78526

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments: 132
Income-restricted: 105
Placed in service: n/a

La Villita Apts Phase I

529 Old Port Isabel Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521

32 1BR, 32 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments: 80
Income-restricted: 80
Placed in service: 2006

La Villita Apts Phase II

529 Old Port Isabel Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521

32 1BR, 64 2BR, 32 3BR

Apartments: 128
Income-restricted: 128
Placed in service: 2005

Los Ebanos Apts - Brownsville

2133 Barnard Rd, Brownsville, TX 78520

Apartments: 65
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Mayorca Villas

West Marcelo Blvd At Jose Marti Blvd, Brownsville, TX

Apartments: 120
Income-restricted: 48
Placed in service: n/a

Paseo Plaza Apts

2701 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78526

40 2BR, 72 3BR, 72 4BR

Apartments: 184
Income-restricted: 184
Placed in service: 1997

Pointsettia Gardens At Boca Chica

341 Oak Street, Brownsville, TX 78520

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments: 150
Income-restricted: 150
Placed in service: 2020

Rancho Del Cielo Phase I

3375 Mcallen Rd, Brownsville, TX 78520

40 1BR, 53 2BR, 31 3BR

Apartments: 124
Income-restricted: 93
Placed in service: 2001

Rancho Del Cielo Phase II

3375 Mcallen Rd, Brownsville, TX 78520

Apartments: 87
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Retama Park

151 Clara Bennett Dr, Brownsville, TX 78575

Apartments: 148
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: 2016

Rockwell Manor Apartments

2735 Rockwell Dr, Brownsville, TX 78521

HUD lists it as senior housing · 18 1BR, 32 2BR, 60 3BR, 16 4BR

Apartments: 126
Income-restricted: 126
Placed in service: n/a

Rosemont Of El Dorado

185 Robindale Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521

Apartments: 146
Income-restricted: 124
Placed in service: 2003

Sundance Meadows

865 Tonys Road, Brownsville, TX 78526

24 1BR, 60 2BR, 48 3BR

Apartments: 132
Income-restricted: 106
Placed in service: n/a

Sunset Haven

301 Horizon Ln, Brownsville, TX 78520

Apartments: 100
Income-restricted: n/a
Placed in service: n/a

Trail Village

NW Of Paseo Plaza Blvd., Brownsville, TX 78526

HUD lists it as senior housing

Apartments: 48
Income-restricted: 48
Placed in service: 2021

Tropical Gardens At Boca Chica

250 Ash St, Brownsville, TX 78521

35 1BR, 68 2BR, 55 3BR

Apartments: 158
Income-restricted: 150
Placed in service: 2006

Valley Resaca Palms Apts

2800 Fm 802, Brownsville, TX 78526

200 1BR, 50 2BR

Apartments: 250
Income-restricted: 250
Placed in service: 1997

Villa Del Sol

700 E St Charles St, Brownsville, TX 78520

HUD lists it as senior housing · 120 studio, 71 1BR, 8 2BR

Apartments: 200
Income-restricted: 189
Placed in service: 2006

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.