New affordable housing in Kern County
Kern County has 9 affordable housing projects in the recent LIHTC pipeline — 3 funded with 9% tax credits and 6 with 4% credits, totaling roughly 796 units, led by senior housing. Search and filter the developments below, or see each location on the map.
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9 projects · 796 total units
Little Village RAD
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Housing Authority of the County of Kern
- Units: 154 (148 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $2.9M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-827
Bakersfield Senior Affordable Housing
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Housing Authority of the County of Kern
- Units: 36 (35 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $973K/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-750
Lake Isabella Senior Apartments I & II
Lake Isabella, Kern County
- Builder: Community Preservation Partners
- Units: 86 (85 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $717K/yr federal
- App #: CA-2024-787
Arvin RAD
Arvin, Kern County
- Builder: Housing Authority of the County of Kern
- Units: 114 (107 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.8M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2024-633
Pioneer Drive Apartments
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Housing Authority of the County of Kern
- Units: 85 (84 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.0M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2024-597
Niles Street Apartments
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Housing Authority of the County of Kern
- Units: 51 (50 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $737K/yr federal + $1.3M state
- App #: CA-2024-596
Sundance Apartments
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Community Preservation Partners
- Units: 60 (59 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.7M/yr federal + $5.6M state
- App #: CA-2024-149
Letzring Senior Housing
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Housing Authority of the County of Kern
- Units: 150 (148 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $2.5M/yr federal + $6.1M state
- App #: CA-2024-072
Auburn Street
Bakersfield, Kern County
- Builder: Chelsea Investment Corporation
- Units: 60 (59 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.6M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2024-037
Building affordable housing in Kern County?
BUILDLAB designs and coordinates the low-voltage, security, and life-safety scope these projects depend on — Division 27/28 structured cabling, IP surveillance, door access, DAS/ERCCS, and common-area networks — engineered in-house and coordinated across every trade to keep infrastructure costs contained. Get a free budget estimate scoped to your unit count and building type.
Data source: California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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