# Second Chance Apartments Haltom City TX | Free & Verified > Second chance apartments in Haltom City TX - free locating for evictions, broken leases, or bad credit. Avg rent $1,211. Criteria verified. (817) 555-0142. URL: https://fortworthsecondchanceapartments.com/service-areas/haltom-city/ ![Tarrant County garden-style apartment complex exterior with carports and parking lot under overcast daylight](/images/hero/tarrant-county-garden-style-apartment-complex-exte.webp) Tarrant County · Population # Find Second Chance Apartments in Haltom City, Texas Last updated: August 1, 2026 Fort Worth Second Chance Team - licensed Texas agent, TREC #679806, veteran-operated - locates apartments in Haltom City, TX for renters carrying evictions, broken leases, or bad credit. Haltom City is Tarrant County's densest inner-ring suburb northeast of downtown Fort Worth, bordering North Richland Hills along Loop 820. Most rental inventory is 1960s-1980s garden-style walk-ups managed by smaller local operators along the Denton Highway and Haltom Road corridors. Rents run around $1,211 median, below the $1,438 county average, and on-site managers at locally managed properties retain real discretion over screening. Free to renters. Response in under 60 minutes during posted hours Free to renters TREC #679806 English & Spanish Start Your Search [/start-your-search/ →](/start-your-search/) (817) 555-0142 [tel:+18175550142 →](tel:+18175550142) Licensed TREC #679806 Brokerage Spirit Real Estate Group, TREC #562021-B Cost to you $0, communities pay the referral fee Response Under 60 minutes during posted hours Why the last application failed ## Denied in Haltom City? Here Is What Blocked Your Approval Fort Worth landlords filed just under 46,000 eviction notices in 2023, and Texas court records are public the day they are filed. Most renters with a record are not failing because approval is impossible. They are failing because nobody told them the criteria before they paid the fee. Every denial costs $50 to $100 A run of them burns $400 to $600 in non-refundable fees with nothing to show for it. The fee is charged whether the answer was ever going to be yes. "Second chance" ads still deny you Plenty of listings marketed that way still decline a five-year-old filing or an open balance. The ad is marketing. The criteria are what decide. A dismissed eviction still shows Texas filings are public from the day they are filed and never expire. A dismissal changes the disposition, not the existence of the record. What is different about this market Inner-ring Tarrant County suburb with $1,211 average rent (2026) and on-site manager discretion as the primary second chance approval path. We start the search from that, not from a generic county-wide list. ![Rental application denial letter and a phone left on a kitchen counter in harsh midday light](/images/misc/rental-application-denial-letter-and-a-phone-left-.webp) What it costs Three to five denials is $400 to $600 in fees you do not get back. At a glance ## What decides a rental search here Population & county Tarrant County School districts - Birdville ISD - Fort Worth ISD Major employers - Denton Highway commercial corridor - Loop 820 industrial and logistics corridor - Tarrant County civic employers Commute & transit Loop 820 (NE 820) US-377 (Denton Highway) SH-26 (Grapevine Highway) Trinity Metro bus routes (Denton Highway corridor) ![Row of Tarrant County apartment buildings along a residential street with parked cars and live oaks](/images/misc/row-of-tarrant-county-apartment-buildings-along-a-.webp) Rent context As of 2026, rents in Haltom City average around $1,211 monthly, below the $1,438 Tarrant County average. The predominantly older garden-style walk-ups along the Denton Highway and Haltom Road corridors keep rents lower and reduce the deposit, any conditional fee, and a guarantor program premium relative to newer suburban markets. Fort Worth apartments average $1438 across all unit types, with studios around $1,075, 1BRs $1,259, 2BRs $1,590, and 3BRs $2,011. ## Eviction, Broken Lease, or Bad Credit - Find Your Approval Route Same second chance apartment locating in Fort Worth [/ →](/) across the county, applied to whatever is on your record. Start with the one that matches your situation. ![Fort Worth Second Chance Team reviewing a rental application at a leasing office desk](/images/misc/fort-worth-apartment-leasing-office-desk-with-a-pr.webp) ### Apartments That Accept Evictions Free apartment locating for Fort Worth renters with an eviction filing. Each community's lookback window and balance policy verified before you apply. Free to renters [Apartments That Accept Evictions →](/apartments-that-accept-evictions/) ![Fort Worth Second Chance Team lease paperwork and pen on a leasing office table beside a laptop](/images/misc/signed-apartment-lease-paperwork-and-a-pen-on-a-le.webp) ### Apartments That Accept a Guarantor Matching you to communities that accept a third-party lease guarantee or deposit alternative. Free to renters [Apartments That Accept a Guarantor →](/apartments-that-accept-a-guarantor/) ![Cardboard moving boxes stacked in an empty Fort Worth apartment with vinyl plank flooring after a lease break](/images/misc/cardboard-moving-boxes-stacked-in-an-empty-apartme.webp) ### Broken Lease Apartments Placement for renters carrying a broken lease, with or without an open balance. Free to renters [Broken Lease Apartments →](/broken-lease-apartments/) ![Credit report and phone showing rental screening score on a Fort Worth kitchen counter](/images/misc/printed-credit-report-pages-and-a-phone-showing-a-.webp) ### Bad Credit Apartments Free apartment locating for renters in Fort Worth with credit below the 580-620 threshold most properties set. Free to renters [Bad Credit Apartments →](/bad-credit-apartments/) ![Fort Worth Class A apartment building exterior with balconies and ground-floor leasing office](/images/misc/newer-four-story-class-a-apartment-building-exteri.webp) ### Luxury Apartments With Bad Credit Access to new construction and Class A inventory through criteria matching and third-party programs. Free to renters [Luxury Apartments With Bad Credit →](/luxury-apartments-with-bad-credit/) ![Vacant-ready Fort Worth apartment living room with vinyl plank flooring ready for immediate move-in](/images/misc/vacant-ready-apartment-living-room-with-clean-viny.webp) ### Immediate Move-In Apartments Expedited search on immediate move-in inventory in Fort Worth for renters facing a hard deadline. Free to renters [Immediate Move-In Apartments →](/immediate-move-in-apartments/) Most relevant here: Apartments That Accept Evictions [/apartments-that-accept-evictions/ →](/apartments-that-accept-evictions/) ## From First Message to Apartment Keys in Four Steps Four steps from your first message to keys. Most of the work happens before you ever pay an application fee. Step 1 ### Tell us the record Move-in date, budget, the part of town you need to be near, and the filing, balance, credit range, or background behind the last denial. Step 2 ### We match criteria Your file goes against criteria we confirmed and dated: lookback windows, balance policy, income multiple, credit floor, and which third-party programs each community accepts. Step 3 ### You apply once Document set prepared, letter of explanation where it helps, and applications only where the criteria already permit your record. Step 4 ### Lease review and keys We read the lease with you, confirm total cash at signing, and follow up on a denial if one comes back. What you are agreeing to ## Stop Spending Application Fees on Properties That Will Deny You Send us the situation you would rather not put in an application: the filing, the balance, the credit range, the background. It is the part that decides where we start. Start Your Search [/start-your-search/ →](/start-your-search/) Text us your situation [sms:8175550142 →](sms:8175550142) - No fee, no deposit, and no charge for the research. The community pays a referral fee at lease signing, and your rent is not raised to cover it. - No obligation. If nothing here fits your file this month, we say so instead of sending you to tour anyway. - Total cash to move in is stated before you tour, not after an approval lands. - If a neighboring city reaches the same jobs for less rent, we tell you that too. Why this market is different ## Below-Average Rents and Two Approval Paths in One Market ### Older stock where the manager can still read your file Most of the rental inventory along the **US-377 (Denton Highway)** corridor, through **Browning Heights** and **McLeroy**, and across the **Haltom Road Corridor** is owned or managed by smaller local operators who do not run **RealPage** or **Yardi** automated screening. When a manager reads your file directly, a dismissed eviction, a lease broken because of a job loss or a documented circumstance, or a settled balance can land differently than it does in front of an algorithm. That does not mean criteria are absent. Each property sets its own lookback window, its own balance policy, and its own standard for what counts as a sufficient explanation. Haltom City is in Tarrant County, so eviction filings here go through the **Tarrant County Justice of the Peace courts** - the same system as the rest of Fort Worth - and every filing appears on the **Tarrant County Odyssey** public record from the day it is filed regardless of outcome. Fort Worth Second Chance Team confirms criteria with each property, logs the date it was confirmed, and prepares the letter of explanation before your first application, so the manager reads your account rather than assembling one from the court record alone. ![Galley kitchen in a Tarrant County apartment with laminate countertops, white appliances, and vinyl plank flooring](/images/misc/galley-kitchen-in-a-tarrant-county-apartment-with-.webp) ### Below-average rents inside the beltway, two approval paths in one market The rental stock runs predominantly 1960s through 1980s garden-style walk-ups, concentrated along the **US-377 (Denton Highway)** corridor, through **Browning Heights** and **Fossil Hill**, and around the **Haltom Road Corridor** near **Buffalo Ridge Park** and **Haltom City Hall**. That age profile and independent ownership model keeps rents at roughly $1,211 median (2026 data) - below the $1,438 Tarrant County average. A lower base rent reduces every dollar at signing: the deposit, any conditional risk fee, and the one-time premium through **TheGuarantors** or **OneApp Guarantee** when a file needs a program rather than a conversation. The city also absorbed over 600 new multi-family units in FY25 along the **North Loop 820 Corridor** and near **Downtown Haltom City**, and newer institutional properties accept lease guarantees through **TheGuarantors** or **OneApp Guarantee** for files that miss a credit or income threshold. Deposit alternatives through **Jetty** or **LeaseLock** can reduce cash at signing when a conditional approval doubles the deposit. Both routes - discretion through a local manager and a documented program through an institutional operator - exist inside the same **Loop 820** beltway. **Birdville ISD** covers most of the city, including **Haltom High School**, while **Fort Worth ISD** serves portions of the southern boundary. If a school district line is your constraint rather than the city limit, say so at intake and we build the search around the district. **Loop 820** also puts **North Richland Hills** to the east and the North Fort Worth corridor to the west inside a short drive for renters who want to compare inventory before committing. **Trinity Metro** bus routes serve the **Denton Highway** corridor for renters who depend on transit. ### Why Renters With a Record Work With Us Here - Fort Worth Second Chance Team confirms criteria with each locally managed property and logs the date, including operators who do not publish screening policies online - We prepare the letter of explanation that Denton Highway corridor and Haltom Road properties will actually read - We identify which properties accept lease guarantee programs through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee when a file needs a program rather than a conversation - We state total cash to move in - deposit, fees, and any program premium - before you spend an application fee - Free to you, because the community pays a referral fee at lease signing About property criteria here Community criteria are confirmed with the property or management company, logged with a date, and re-verified quarterly. Criteria are not a guarantee of approval. We do not publish a static list of community names here, because criteria shift with occupancy and a stale list costs you application fees. When you send us your situation we pull the current, dated criteria for the communities that fit it: eviction lookback, rental debt policy, income multiple, background policy, and which third-party programs each one accepts. ## Before you apply: Apartments That Accept Evictions Guide ### Dismissed, Settled, or Judgment: How Each Eviction Disposition Screens Three dispositions, three different screening outcomes. Find out which one you carry and what documenting it changes on an application. [Dismissed, Settled, or Judgment: How Each Eviction Disposition Screens →](/guide/dismissed-settled-or-judgment-eviction-dispositions/) Guide ### How to Write an Eviction Letter of Explanation Property Managers Accept Dates, disposition, what changed since, and current stability, what the letter must contain, what to attach, and what to leave out. [How to Write an Eviction Letter of Explanation Property Managers Accept →](/guide/eviction-letter-of-explanation/) Guide ### Eviction Lookback Windows: How Far Back Fort Worth Properties Check Common lookback windows, who sets them, and why 'second chance' ads still deny five-year filings with an open balance. [Eviction Lookback Windows: How Far Back Fort Worth Properties Check →](/guide/eviction-lookback-windows-fort-worth/) Guide ### Eviction on Your Record: Guarantor Program vs. Softer-Criteria Property Two paths with an eviction filing: a property whose criteria already permit it, or one that approves with a guarantee. Cost, inventory, and speed compared. [Eviction on Your Record: Guarantor Program vs. Softer-Criteria Property →](/guide/guarantor-vs-softer-criteria-property-with-an-eviction/) Coverage ## Where we search in Haltom City We work the whole city, not a shortlist. These are the areas renters ask for most often, and the reference points people use when they tell us where they need to be. ### Neighborhoods and districts Browning Heights Buffalo Ridge Haltom Road Corridor Fossil Hill McLeroy North Loop 820 Corridor Downtown Haltom City Searching a different part of the county? Our service area pages [/service-areas/ →](/service-areas/) cover the rest of Tarrant County. ### Landmarks renters navigate by - Buffalo Ridge Park - Haltom City Hall (Haltom Road) - Haltom High School Getting around Loop 820 forms the city's primary beltway and connects Haltom City directly to Fort Worth to the south and west, North Richland Hills to the east, and the I-35W corridor to the north. US-377 (Denton Highway) runs through the city's commercial spine and reaches downtown Fort Worth in roughly fifteen minutes under normal traffic. SH-26 carries the eastern edge toward Richland Hills and the mid-cities. Trinity Metro bus routes serve the Denton Highway corridor, though there is no TEXRail stop inside the city. Most of the rental stock assumes a car, so the commute math belongs alongside the rent in every recommendation we send. ## Questions Haltom City Renters Ask First Can I get an apartment in Haltom City with an eviction on my record? Yes. Most of the inventory along the Denton Highway corridor and through Browning Heights is locally managed, and local managers can weigh context rather than only a pass-or-fail output from automated screening. A dismissed eviction or one with a documentable explanation stands a better chance of being read here than in a corporate-criteria building. Each property still sets its own lookback window and balance policy, which we confirm with the property and date before you apply. Does an eviction filing here appear on the same court record as a Fort Worth filing? Yes. Haltom City is in Tarrant County, so filings go through the Tarrant County Justice of the Peace courts and appear on the Tarrant County Odyssey Public Access platform from the day they are filed - the same system as Fort Worth. A dismissed filing still shows up, which is exactly why we document the disposition and sort properties by lookback window before you spend an application fee. Are rents lower here than the rest of Tarrant County? Yes. As of 2026, rents average around $1,211 monthly, below the $1,438 Tarrant County average. The predominantly older garden-style stock accounts for most of that difference. A lower base rent reduces every line item at signing: the deposit, any conditional risk fee, and the one-time premium through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee if a guarantor program is used. Is it easier to rent with an eviction in Haltom City than in newer suburban markets? For the right barrier type, yes. The locally managed stock along the Denton Highway and Haltom Road corridors gives a manager the authority to read an explanation, something automated RealPage or Yardi screening at corporate-run properties does not do. That is an advantage for dismissed filings, documented one-offs, and settled balances. For a recent open filing with an unpaid balance, the route runs through a guarantor program like TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee, which we identify before you spend a fee. Which school district covers apartments here? Birdville ISD covers most of the city, including the Browning Heights and Haltom Road corridor areas near Haltom High School. Fort Worth ISD serves portions of the southern boundary. If a district line is your constraint rather than the city limit, say so at intake and we will build the search around the school district instead. Where can I find a second chance apartment near me in Haltom City? We cover all of Haltom City, from older locally managed walk-ups along the Denton Highway corridor and Haltom Road to neighborhoods in Browning Heights, Fossil Hill, Buffalo Ridge, and McLeroy. Tell us your move-in date and your record at intake, and we match you to communities whose criteria already permit your file. Response in under 60 minutes during posted hours. Start Your Search [/start-your-search/ →](/start-your-search/) Free to you. Response in under 60 minutes during posted hours ## Nearby cities we cover Widening the search by one city often changes what your file can reach. A lower rent means a lower income multiple and a smaller deposit at signing, and the criteria are different one city over. We serve all of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. These five city pages exist because each has a documented, non-interchangeable approval story, not because our service area is limited to them. - North Richland Hills Mixed stock producing two genuinely different approval routes, chosen by barrier type. [/service-areas/north-richland-hills/ →](/service-areas/north-richland-hills/) - North Fort Worth Alliance corridor Class A delivery wave with broad guarantor acceptance, alongside older Fossil Creek stock where on-site discretion still lives. [/service-areas/north-fort-worth/ →](/service-areas/north-fort-worth/) - East Fort Worth Older locally managed stock in established neighborhoods alongside newer I-30 corridor product, producing two distinct approval routes inside the same city. [/service-areas/east-fort-worth/ →](/service-areas/east-fort-worth/) - All service areas [/service-areas/ →](/service-areas/) ![Garden-style Fort Worth apartment building seen from the parking lot on an overcast afternoon](/images/hero/three-story-garden-style-fort-worth-apartment-buil.webp) ## Ready for a Second Chance in Haltom City? Tell us your record and your move-in date. We come back with communities whose criteria already permit it, and what each one costs at signing. Start Your Search [/start-your-search/ →](/start-your-search/) Call (817) 555-0142 [tel:+18175550142 →](tel:+18175550142) Free to renters. Communities pay the referral fee at lease signing. We do not guarantee approval; every screening decision belongs to the community.