Houston, Texas

Tax credit apartments in Houston 77020

4 properties in ZIP code 77020 with 639 income-restricted apartments, from HUD's LIHTC database. All of Houston.

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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

2424 Sakowitz St

2424 Sakowitz St, Houston, TX 77020

166 studio

Apartments: 166
Income-restricted: 166
Placed in service: 2010

Cleme Manor

5300 Coke Street, Houston, TX 77020

24 1BR, 112 2BR, 120 3BR, 28 4BR

Apartments: 284
Income-restricted: 284
Placed in service: n/a

Lyons Village Townhomes

3300 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX 77020

24 4BR

Apartments: 24
Income-restricted: 24
Placed in service: 1998

Pleasant Hill Village

3814 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX 77020

HUD lists it as senior housing · 25 studio, 120 1BR, 20 2BR

Apartments: 165
Income-restricted: 165
Placed in service: n/a

Source: HUD's national LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026; projects placed in service through 2024).

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.