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Affordable Senior Apartments in California

California has 1,682 licensed senior apartment communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,618 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

1,682 income-restricted affordable senior apartment properties listed.

Affordable senior apartment rent context in California

California licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for California are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in California

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in California resolve concerns about care and rights. Call 1-800-231-4024.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in California

Showing the 500 largest of 1,618 tracked cities.

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Counties in California

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many affordable senior apartments providers each county holds.

All 52 California counties

Affordable Senior Apartments providers in California

Sample of licensed senior apartment communities listed for California. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many senior apartment communities are listed in California?

We currently list 1682 licensed senior apartment communities across California.

Which cities in California have affordable senior apartments listings?

We track 1618 California cities for affordable senior apartments. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in California: 1,688 added · 2,663 updated. Most recent change Aug 10. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed senior apartment communities in California are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Affordable Senior Apartments in California. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/senior-apartments/california/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Affordable Senior Apartments in California." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/senior-apartments/california/.

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