Special Needs affordable housing across California
California's pipeline includes 98 special needs affordable housing projects across 21 counties — 51 funded with 9% tax credits and 47 with 4% credits, totaling roughly 7,146 units. Search by builder or filter by county and credit type below.
Special-needs affordable housing serves residents requiring supportive services — including people with disabilities and those exiting homelessness — often paired with on-site case management.
BUILDLAB designs the low-voltage, security, and life-safety systems behind developments like these — structured cabling, surveillance, door access, and fire & life safety, engineered in-house.
98 projects · showing 1–12 · 7,146 total units
Sankofa Place at Centinela
Inglewood, Los Angeles County
- Builder: Venice Community Housing Corporation
- Units: 120 (118 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $4.1M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-837
Esperanza Village
El Monte, Los Angeles County
- Builder: National Community Renaissance of California
- Units: 202 (200 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $6.6M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-823
Century + Restorative Care Village Phase II
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- Builder: Century Affordable Development, Inc.
- Units: 150 (149 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $4.2M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-821
Tierra Apartments
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County
- Builder: Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
- Units: 82 (80 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $3.0M/yr federal + $5.7M state
- App #: CA-2025-765
St George Hotel
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- Builder: Hope Credits, L.P.
- Units: 68 (66 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $669K/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-727
New Carver Apartments
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- Builder: Hope Credits, L.P.
- Units: 97 (95 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.1M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-725
Diamond Village Apartments II
Placerville, El Dorado County
- Builder: SNO Foundation
- Units: 31 (30 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.2M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-722
Ephesian Legacy Court
Berkeley, Alameda County
- Builder: Community Housing Development Corporation
- Units: 80 (79 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $2.4M/yr federal + $4.8M state
- App #: CA-2025-718
Mandela Station Affordable
Oakland, Alameda County
- Builder: Pacific West Communities, Inc.
- Units: 240 (238 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $6.9M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-712
St. Ambrose Senior Housing
Claremont, Los Angeles County
- Builder: National Community Renaissance of California
- Units: 59 (58 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $1.9M/yr federal + $9.6M state
- App #: CA-2025-705
2970 16th Street
San Francisco, San Francisco County
- Builder: Mission Housing Development Corporation
- Units: 136 (136 affordable)
- Type: New Construction
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $5.4M/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-634
The Lincoln Hotel
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- Builder: Hope Credits, L.P.
- Units: 41 (40 affordable)
- Type: Acquisition / Rehab
- Status: Preliminary Reservation
- Tax credit: $384K/yr federal
- App #: CA-2025-610
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Data source: California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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