Washington

Tax credit apartments in Oak Harbor, WA

HUD's database lists 8 properties in Oak Harbor built or rehabbed with low-income housing tax credits: 562 apartments, 552 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 Listings come from HUD's database and may be out of date.

Cambridge Cove

470 SE 4th Avenue, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

HUD lists it as senior housing · 34 1BR, 3 2BR

Apartments
37
Income-restricted
36
Placed in service
1991

Chelsea Apartments

240 NE Izett St, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

33 1BR, 7 2BR

Apartments
40
Income-restricted
39
Placed in service
2013

Fir Village Apartments

869 North Oak Harbor Rd, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

5 1BR, 19 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments
29
Income-restricted
29
Placed in service
2008

Harbor Ridge Apartments

950 N Oak Harbor St, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

6 1BR, 24 2BR, 2 3BR

Apartments
32
Income-restricted
31
Placed in service
1993

Harbor Village Apartments

55 SW 6th Ave, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

8 1BR, 12 2BR, 8 3BR

Apartments
28
Income-restricted
27
Placed in service
2009

Newport Apartments

280 NE Izett St, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

11 2BR, 5 3BR

Apartments
16
Income-restricted
16
Placed in service
2013

Oak Bay Station

116 Barron Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

13 1BR, 40 2BR, 29 3BR

Apartments
82
Income-restricted
81
Placed in service
1997

Sag Preservation Portfolio 1

Multiple, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

157 1BR, 92 2BR, 50 3BR

Apartments
298
Income-restricted
293
Placed in service
2019

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.