Looking for an affordable home in the Treasure Valley? Try this Nampa block

Canyon County’s largest city is a hotspot for housing, welcoming a flourish of apartments for working families and seniors in 2026.

Three projects are complete or nearing completion in Nampa — all within one block of each other and all earmarked for individuals making 60% of the area median income or less.

Two complexes — The Core and White Pines apartments — are open for leasing as of late January. Walt’s Place, an income-restricted senior apartment building, is scheduled to open in October.

All four received some degree of low-income housing tax-credit financing, a federal program that guarantees income restrictions on apartments it funds. Together, the three developments will bring 378 apartments to Nampa, nearly all reserved for tenants earning 60% or less of the Boise metro’s area median income. That translates to $44,940 for an individual, $51,360 for a couple or $64,200 for a family of four.

Here’s a look at what’s open now, or should be soon.

White Pines Apartment Homes

Carmel, Indiana, developer Pedcor opened leasing on the first wave of its White Pines Apartment Homes in the last week of January, Leasing Representative Brianna Dominguez told the Idaho Statesman.

One- and two-bedroom apartments are finished and ready for renters, Dominguez, said; three bedrooms should be completed this summer. The complex sits on Hawaii Avenue near 12th Street, a 10-15 minute walk from Nampa High School and Northwest Nazarene University.

In all, White Pines will have 264 apartments designed to be affordable to tenants making 60% of area median income. According to Dominguez, a one-bedroom costs $1,146 per month and a two-bedroom $1,376 per month. A three-bedroom will cost $1,592 per month later this year.

White Pines is designed to be family friendly. The grounds include a swimming pool, dog park, playground, clubhouse and gym, according to Pedcor. It’s also right next to right next to Nampa’s Liberty Park and the public Harward Recreation Center, a 140,000-square-foot aquatics and fitness compound.

The Core Apartments

Much of the same can be said for The Core Apartments, which opened in December one block north of White Pines on Florida Avenue.

Seventy-three of its 74 units are income restricted, according Jason Lantz, spokesman for Boise nonprofit The Housing Co., which developed the property. Like White Pines, The Core features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. One-bed, one-bath units rent for $1,075 per month; two-bed, one-bath units cost $1,286 per month; and three-bed, two-bath units range from $1,482 to $1,588 per month.

The Housing Co. designed The Core to be “intentionally compact, efficient, and people-centered, designed for working individuals and small households who need predictable rent and a place to put down roots,” Lantz told the Statesman in an email. “It’s smaller scale and walkable design make it a practical entry point into stable housing at a time when market rents continue to climb.”

The Core used low-income housing tax credits and Idaho Workforce Housing Fund dollars. The Workforce Housing Fund was a one-time program endowed through the COVID-era American Rescue Plan Act.

Applications are open online.

Walt’s Place

Named for Walt Wrzesinski, who lived with his wife at 508 E. Hawaii St., Walt’s Place marks a new senior housing venture from the nonprofit Nampa Christian Housing. Contractors are now framing the building’s third and final floor, Nampa Christian Housing Executive Director Marshawn Narum told the Statesman in an interview. She expects residents to start moving in October.

Walt’s Place will bring 40 one-bedroom apartments for low-income renters 62 years old or older, Narum said.

“Our senior population is forgotten in this county,” Narum said. “There’s an absolute need among our older population.”

Walt’s Place plans to include a community kitchen, gym and medical room for Terry Reilly Health Services clinicians to check in with residents in-house.

Nampa Christian, which recently sold the nearby Golden Glow senior apartments to Leap Housing, has a goal of building 10 more affordable projects in the city in the years ahead, Narum said. While Walt’s Place won both low-income housing tax credits and state funding, the project still depends heavily on donations, Narum said.

Narum encourages prospective residents to apply for a federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, which further subsidizes rents for qualified applicants. Narum expects Section 8 residents to pay no more than 30% of income in rent at Walt’s Place.

“Once you get that voucher, that’s like gold,” she said.