Washington

Tax credit apartments in Bellingham, WA

HUD's database lists 39 properties in Bellingham built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 2,653 apartments, 2,513 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

22 North

1022 N State Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

40 studio

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
36
Placed in service
2018

Bakerview Redevelopment

260 E Bakerview Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226

2 studio, 15 1BR, 48 2BR, 29 3BR

Apartments
94
Income-restricted
94
Placed in service
2018

Cascade Meadows

455 Westerly Road, Bellingham, WA 98226

48 1BR, 132 2BR, 36 3BR

Apartments
216
Income-restricted
144
Placed in service
2015

Deer Run Terrace

3210 Orleans St, Bellingham, WA 98226

HUD lists it as senior housing · 30 1BR, 12 2BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
42
Placed in service
1995

Eleanor Apartments

1510 N. Forest St, Bellingham, WA 98225

HUD lists it as senior housing · 80 1BR

Apartments
80
Income-restricted
80
Placed in service
2017

Evergreen Ridge Apartments

3451 Woburn Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

50 1BR, 65 2BR, 30 3BR

Apartments
145
Income-restricted
143
Placed in service
1996

Francis Place

1122 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225

33 studio, 9 1BR

Apartments
42
Income-restricted
42
Placed in service
2015

Harborview Apts (Bellingham)

1501 G St, Bellingham, WA 98225

14 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments
18
Income-restricted
18
Placed in service
1993

Heather Commons

4169 Cory Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

6 1BR, 10 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
2000

Heather Commons II

4141 Cory Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

5 1BR, 5 2BR, 4 3BR

Apartments
14
Income-restricted
14
Placed in service
2001

Kateri Court

110 E Chestnut Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

23 studio, 16 1BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2006

Laube Hotel

1226 North State St, Bellingham, WA 98225

16 studio, 4 1BR

Apartments
20
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2008

Laurel And Forest

1000 N. Forest, Bellingham, WA 98225

HUD lists it as senior housing · 56 1BR

Apartments
56
Income-restricted
56
Placed in service
2024

Laurel Village

202 East Laurel Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

24 1BR, 15 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2006

Lummi Homes I

2579 Kwina Road, Bellingham, WA 98226

12 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
2002

Meadow Wood Townhomes

915 Mahogany Ave, Bellingham, WA 98226

30 2BR, 21 3BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2007

Meadow Wood Townhomes II

931 Mahogany Ave, Bellingham, WA 98226

9 1BR, 8 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
25
Income-restricted
25
Placed in service
2008

Meadows, The

355 Meadowbrook Court, Bellingham, WA 98226

50 3BR, 51 4BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
101
Placed in service
2016

Millworks Family Housing

100 W. Laurel St, Bellingham, WA 98225

36 1BR, 30 2BR, 17 3BR

Apartments
83
Income-restricted
83
Placed in service
2024

Mount Baker Apartments

308 West Champion, Bellingham, WA 98225

37 studio, 47 1BR

Apartments
84
Income-restricted
84
Placed in service
2017

Northbrook Place

3615 Bennett Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225

9 studio, 30 1BR, 30 2BR, 9 3BR

Apartments
90
Income-restricted
77
Placed in service
1992

Oakland Apartments

401 West Champion Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

16 studio, 4 1BR

Apartments
20
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2002

Orleans Place

3220 Orleans Place, Bellingham, WA 98226

12 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
24
Income-restricted
24
Placed in service
2014

Pacific Rim Apartments

5845 Pacific Rim Way, Bellingham, WA 98226

10 1BR, 99 2BR, 23 3BR

Apartments
132
Income-restricted
95
Placed in service
2015

Prince Court Apartments

214 Prince Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

13 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
25
Income-restricted
25
Placed in service
1998

Regency Park

2050 Fraser Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

60 1BR, 48 2BR, 72 3BR, 48 4BR

Apartments
228
Income-restricted
225
Placed in service
2001

Samish Way Family Housing Lllp

1331 E Laurel St., Bellingham, WA 98225

25 1BR, 19 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments
49
Income-restricted
49
Placed in service
2023

Samish Way Redevelopment

1000 Otis Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

26 studio, 30 1BR, 8 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments
69
Income-restricted
69
Placed in service
2021

Samish Way Senior Housing Lllp

321 N Samish Way, Bellingham, WA 98225

HUD lists it as senior housing · 49 1BR, 4 2BR

Apartments
53
Income-restricted
53
Placed in service
2023

Sterling Meadows Apartments

512 Sterling Drive, Bellingham, WA 98226

21 2BR, 20 3BR, 10 4BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2002

Sunset Court Apartments

1133 Railroad Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

36 studio

Apartments
36
Income-restricted
36
Placed in service
1997

Trailview

2421 Rimland Drive, Bellingham, WA 98226

34 1BR, 27 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
77
Income-restricted
77
Placed in service
2022

Varsity Village

2400 Mckenzie Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

28 1BR, 57 2BR, 16 3BR

Apartments
101
Income-restricted
101
Placed in service
2012

Villa Santa Fe

760-842 West Bakerview Rd., Bellingham, WA 98226

10 2BR, 40 3BR

Apartments
50
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2016

Vintage At Bellingham

4625 Cordata Parkway, Bellingham, WA 98226

HUD lists it as senior housing · 47 1BR, 47 2BR

Apartments
94
Income-restricted
94
Placed in service
2017

Walton Phase I

1511 North State St, Bellingham, WA 98225

24 1BR, 15 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
51
Income-restricted
50
Placed in service
2009

Walton Place Two

1505 North State St, Bellingham, WA 98225

18 1BR, 14 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
40
Placed in service
2011

Willow Creek Apartments

1410 Fraser Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

16 studio

Apartments
16
Income-restricted
16
Placed in service
1997

Woodrose Apartments

3303 + 3353 Racine Street, Bellingham, WA 98226

HUD lists it as senior housing · 107 1BR, 90 2BR

Apartments
197
Income-restricted
193
Placed in service
2002

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.