Washington

Tax credit apartments in Lacey, WA

HUD's database lists 5 properties in Lacey built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 770 apartments, 760 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

College Glen

4870 55th Lane SE, Lacey, WA 98503

96 2BR, 68 3BR

Apartments
164
Income-restricted
161
Placed in service
1996

Copper Wood Apartments

110 Copper Wood Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98516

48 1BR, 124 2BR, 44 3BR, 12 4BR

Apartments
228
Income-restricted
225
Placed in service
2018

Forest Grove Apartments

5701 30th Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98503

104 2BR, 12 3BR

Apartments
116
Income-restricted
115
Placed in service
2000

Magnolia Villa

1410 Magnolia Street Southeast, Lacey, WA 98503

11 2BR, 7 3BR, 2 4BR

Apartments
21
Income-restricted
20
Placed in service
2000

Reserve At Lacey

6100 Pacific Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98503

HUD lists it as senior housing · 1 studio, 119 1BR, 121 2BR

Apartments
241
Income-restricted
239
Placed in service
2020

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.