# Felon Friendly Apartments in Texas | Free Locating > Looking for felon friendly apartments? Free, TREC-licensed Texas locators pre-screen your criminal record against property policies across 5 metros. URL: https://felonfriendlyapartments.com/ Licensed Texas Real Estate Team 20+ Years Experience · TREC #679806 # Find Felon Friendly Apartments Across Texas. Free Service. See who reviews your record before you spend on any application You searched "felon friendly apartments" because that's the phrase Google recognizes. Whether you need a place near East Riverside in Austin, Greenspoint in Houston, or Leon Valley in San Antonio, a conviction from your past does not define your housing options. Felon Friendly Apartments is a veteran-owned team of licensed Texas real estate agents that pre-screens your specific criminal background against property policies before you apply. See Apartments That Accept Your Record [#intake →](#intake) How This Is Free [/guide/how-this-apartment-locating-service-is-free/ →](/guide/how-this-apartment-locating-service-is-free/) 20+ Years Combined TX Real Estate 500+ Community Tours 5 Texas Metros ![Renter carrying moving box up breezeway stairs at garden-style apartment complex in Austin, Texas](/images/misc/renter-carrying-moving-box-up-breezeway-stairs-at-.webp) 20+ Years combined Texas real estate experience 500+ Apartment community tours 5 Texas metros covered 24-48 hrs Property shortlist turnaround THE PROBLEM ## Every Application Comes Back Denied Listing sites don't filter by criminal-background policy. From garden-style complexes in North Austin to Class B communities in Garland or Alief, you have been paying application fees blind. Here is what you have been dealing with. 01 ### $200-500 in Fees Burned Non-refundable application fees ($50-150 each as of 2026) spent applying blind before you find a property that will even review. 02 ### "Case by Case Review" Sometimes genuine. Sometimes a polite fee-collection line. Meaningless without property-level context. 03 ### Hidden Screening Policies Criminal-background policies aren't published on property websites. Leasing agents give incomplete or wrong answers. 04 ### Parole Deadlines Loom Parole and probation approved-residence deadlines carry legal consequences if housing is not secured in time. WHAT WE HANDLE ## By Record Type Every record type below is a specialty — not a generic "second chance" bundle. Pick the record that matches your situation for property-level detail. ### Deferred Adjudication Apartments in Texas Priority Felon Friendly Apartments pre-screens your deferred adjudication case against property-level policies in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth so you apply only where it counts. See who reviews this record → [Deferred Adjudication Apartments in Texas →](/deferred-adjudication/) ### Apartments That Accept Felony Convictions Priority We match renters with felony convictions to Texas apartments that genuinely review criminal backgrounds instead of auto-declining. See who reviews this record → [Apartments That Accept Felony Convictions →](/felony-convictions/) ### Apartments That Accept a Misdemeanor History Priority We help renters getting screened out for misdemeanors find Texas apartments that look past minor, dated records. See who reviews this record → [Apartments That Accept a Misdemeanor History →](/misdemeanor-history/) ### Apartments That Accept Assault or Violent Offenses We honestly assess which Texas apartments review violent records by offense age, and state hard stops up front. See who reviews this record → [Apartments That Accept Assault or Violent Offenses →](/assault-violent-offenses/) ### Apartments With Dismissed Charges We help renters whose dismissed charges still surface understand the disposition problem and find reviewing Texas apartments. See who reviews this record → [Apartments With Dismissed Charges →](/dismissed-charges/) ### Apartments and Domestic Violence Convictions Felon Friendly Apartments identifies the narrow set of Texas apartment communities that review domestic violence records and pre-screens your situation before any application is submitted. See who reviews this record → [Apartments and Domestic Violence Convictions →](/domestic-violence-convictions/) ### Apartments That Accept Drug Offenses We match renters with drug convictions to Texas apartments that weigh possession and distribution differently and review case-by-case. See who reviews this record → [Apartments That Accept Drug Offenses →](/drug-offenses/) ### Apartments That Accept a DUI / DWI We match renters with a DUI or DWI to Texas apartments that review it, and explain how misdemeanor vs. felony DWI is screened. See who reviews this record → [Apartments That Accept a DUI / DWI →](/dui-dwi/) ### Apartments With an Expunged Record We help renters whose expunged records still surface due to database lag dispute the error and find reviewing Texas apartments. See who reviews this record → [Apartments With an Expunged Record →](/expunged-records/) WHY US ## Criminal Background Apartment Placement. Nothing Else. Every other "second chance" site bundles credit, evictions, and criminal records into one bucket. We do one thing: criminal-background apartment placement across five Texas metros. Whether the screening report comes from RealPage, TransUnion SmartMove, or AppFolio, our team knows how each platform codes felony convictions, deferred adjudication, and non-disclosure orders. Our free library of screening guides [/guide/ →](/guide/) explains exactly how Texas landlords read a record. - ✓ Free to renters. Communities pay referral fees from marketing budgets. Rent is identical. - ✓ Application fee rebated on approval and lease signing. - ✓ Licensed, veteran-owned & verifiable. TREC #679806 on every page. Brokered under Spirit Real Estate Group. U.S. Army veteran-owned. - ✓ Property-level policy intelligence. We track which management companies auto-decline and which run genuine review. - ✓ Honest about hard stops. Registry status, active warrants, pending violent felonies - near-universal declines. We say so up front. ![Felon Friendly Apartments team reviewing criminal background screening policies at desk](/images/misc/licensed-texas-real-estate-team-at-desk-with-lapto.webp) HOW IT WORKS ## 4 Steps From Intake to Move-In 01 ### Tell Us Your Metro Send us the record type, the metro, and the timeline. Text or web-form works. 02 ### We Pre-Screen The Felon Friendly Apartments team checks your specific record against management-company policies in your metro. 03 ### Shortlist in 24-48 Hours Small list of properties - from LIHTC communities to privately managed complexes in your metro - that are likely to review your record. 04 ### Tour, Apply, Rebate You tour and apply. We rebate the application fee on approval and lease signing. ![](/images/misc/garden-style-texas-apartment-courtyard-at-dusk-wit.webp) ## Stop Wasting Application Fees One intake, one pre-screened shortlist, application fee rebated on approval. Get My Property List [#intake →](#intake) How This Is Free [/guide/how-this-apartment-locating-service-is-free/ →](/guide/how-this-apartment-locating-service-is-free/) SERVICE AREA ## Texas Metro Coverage Each metro page lists local county-clerk record notes, TDCJ Parole Division district contacts, and legal-aid referrals. ![Apartments in Austin, Texas](/images/features/austin-texas-garden-style-apartment-community-with.webp) ### Austin Central Texas See Austin apartments → [Austin →](/austin/) ![Apartments in San Antonio, Texas](/images/features/san-antonio-texas-garden-apartment-exterior-brick-.webp) ### San Antonio South Texas See San Antonio apartments → [San Antonio →](/san-antonio/) ![Apartments in Houston, Texas](/images/features/houston-texas-two-story-apartment-building-breezew.webp) ### Houston Gulf Coast See Houston apartments → [Houston →](/houston/) ![Apartments in Dallas, Texas](/images/features/dallas-texas-apartment-community-parking-lot-with-.webp) ### Dallas Metroplex North See Dallas apartments → [Dallas →](/dallas/) ![Apartments in Fort Worth, Texas](/images/features/fort-worth-texas-garden-apartment-courtyard-brick-.webp) ### Fort Worth Metroplex West See Fort Worth apartments → [Fort Worth →](/fort-worth/) TESTIMONIALS ## What Renters Say Real feedback from Texas renters we've helped. First-initial only to protect privacy. > "I had a felony from seven years ago and every application came back denied. They sent me a shortlist of four properties that actually review case-by-case. I got approved at the second one." > "They were honest with me about which properties would even look at my record. No false hope, no runaround. That saved me from wasting more application fees." > "I was on a parole deadline and didn't know where to start. They moved fast and found a place my officer approved before the deadline. The fee rebate on approval was real." > "I didn't realize my deferred adjudication still showed on screening reports. They explained it plainly and matched me to a community that treated it correctly." ### See Which Properties Accept Your Record Free, confidential, and typically returned in 24-48 hours. ## Felon Friendly Apartment FAQs Is this actually free? Yes. Apartment communities pay our referral fees from their marketing budgets, and your rent is identical whether you use us or walk in off the street. We also rebate your application fee once you are approved and sign a lease. How can a licensed real estate service be free to renters? Properties that accept criminal backgrounds tend to have higher vacancy than strict-screening Class A communities, so they pay licensed locators a referral fee to fill units. That fee comes from their marketing budget, not from your rent. Do I have to tell you what I was charged with? We ask only screening-relevant details: offense type, when it happened, and whether the sentence is fully completed — not the story behind it. Text and web-form intake exist so you never have to discuss your history by phone if you would rather not. What if I already got denied somewhere? A denial is usually one property's specific policy. Other communities in the same metro often have different criteria — some auto-decline, some review case-by-case. We pre-screen your record against property-level policies before you apply so you focus on the ones likely to approve you. Which Texas cities do you cover? We locate apartments across five Texas metros: Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Each metro page includes local reentry organization and legal-aid referrals. How fast can I get a property list? Most renters receive a pre-screened property shortlist within 24 to 48 hours of completing intake.