# Second Chance Apartments Woodhaven | Free Locating > Looking for second chance apartments in Woodhaven? Free locating for evictions, broken leases, or bad credit near I-30 and Loop 820. (817) 555-0142. URL: https://fortworthsecondchanceapartments.com/service-areas/woodhaven/ ![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 # Second Chance Apartments in Woodhaven, Fort Worth Last updated: August 1, 2026 Fort Worth Second Chance Team - licensed Texas agent, TREC #679806, veteran-operated - locates apartments in Woodhaven for renters carrying evictions, broken leases, or bad credit. Woodhaven is a predominantly renter-occupied Fort Worth neighborhood at the I-30 and Loop 820 East interchange, where 1970s-1980s garden-style apartments managed by local operators sit alongside corridor product on the I-30 frontage. On-site manager discretion defines the primary approval route here. 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 Woodhaven? 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 Older locally managed stock at the I-30 and Loop 820 East intersection where manager discretion is the primary approval route inside Fort Worth's eastern corridor. 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 - Fort Worth ISD Major employers - I-30 corridor commercial and logistics employers - Loop 820 East corridor retail and service employers - Fort Worth ISD Commute & transit I-30 (Tom Landry Freeway) Loop 820 East Trinity Metro bus routes 21 and 55 (Loop 820 East 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 track at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average, with older garden-style one-bedrooms available from roughly $950 to $1,250. The older locally managed stock accounts for most of that range and reduces total cash at signing relative to newer Fort Worth corridor properties. 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 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 ## Older Stock, Below-Average Rents, and the Approval Path That Works ### Older stock where the manager can still read your file Most of the rental inventory along **Woodhaven Boulevard** and the side streets feeding it 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 landlord balance can land differently than it does in front of an algorithm. Neighboring **Meadowbrook** and **Poly** share the same locally managed rental character, and renters whose search includes those areas alongside Woodhaven reach a wider pool of properties where manager discretion drives the approval decision. 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. The neighborhood sits entirely within Tarrant County, so eviction filings here go through the **Tarrant County Justice of the Peace courts** and appear on the **Tarrant County Odyssey** public record from the day they are filed regardless of outcome. Before applying, renters can pull their own **Experian RentBureau** and **CoreLogic SafeRent** screening files to check what managers will see. 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 Fort Worth loop, seven miles from downtown The rental stock runs predominantly 1970s through 1980s garden-style, concentrated along **Woodhaven Boulevard**, through **Eastern Hills** and **Ederville**, and across the residential streets between **I-30** and the **West Fork Trinity River**. That age profile and independent ownership model keeps rents at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average (2026 data), with one-bedrooms available from roughly $950 to $1,250. 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. **Woodhaven Country Club**, a par-71 18-hole golf course with a swimming pool and tennis courts, serves as the neighborhood's anchor, giving the residential corridors a stable community character. The **West Fork Trinity River** runs along the northern boundary and provides trail access and greenway connections. Sub-neighborhoods **Garden of Eden**, **White Lake Hills**, **Sandybrook**, and **Brentwood-Oak Hills** ring the core and share the same locally managed rental character. **Fort Worth ISD** serves the entire area, so school district boundaries follow the city rather than a neighborhood line. If a specific FWISD school attendance zone is the constraint rather than the neighborhood boundary, say so at intake and the search stays inside the right zone. Deposit alternatives through **Jetty** or **LeaseLock** can reduce cash at signing when a conditional approval doubles the deposit, and a guarantor program through **TheGuarantors** or **OneApp Guarantee** is available when a file needs a program rather than a conversation with a manager. ### Why Renters With a Record Choose Our Team - Fort Worth Second Chance Team confirms criteria with each locally managed property and logs the date, including operators along the I-30 corridor who do not publish screening policies online - We prepare the letter of explanation that locally managed properties here 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 Woodhaven 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 Woodhaven Eastern Hills Ederville Garden of Eden White Lake Hills Sandybrook Brentwood-Oak Hills Randol Mill Road area Loop 820 East corridor 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 - Woodhaven Country Club - West Fork Trinity River - Woodhaven Boulevard - Loop 820 East / I-30 interchange Getting around I-30 (Tom Landry Freeway) runs along the southern boundary and puts downtown Fort Worth about fifteen minutes west, with Arlington's rental inventory about fifteen minutes east. Loop 820 East forms the eastern boundary and connects directly to I-30 and US-287. Trinity Metro bus routes 21 and 55 cover the Loop 820 East corridor and are a practical option for renters at properties closest to those lines. For most of the inventory here, a car expands your reach across the rental corridors and the commute points beyond. ## Questions Woodhaven Renters Ask First Are there second chance apartments in Woodhaven with an eviction on my record? Yes. Most of the inventory along the I-30 and Loop 820 corridor is locally managed, and local managers weigh context rather than relying on a pass-or-fail output from automated screening. A dismissed eviction or one with a documentable explanation is reviewed directly by the on-site manager, not filtered through an algorithm. Each property still sets its own lookback window and balance policy, which Fort Worth Second Chance Team confirms with the property before you apply. Does an eviction filing here appear on the same Tarrant County court record as a Fort Worth filing? Yes. The neighborhood is entirely within 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 the rest of Fort Worth. A dismissed filing still shows up, which is 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 Fort Worth? At or below. As of 2026, one-bedroom apartments are available from roughly $950 to $1,250, at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average. The predominantly older garden-style stock accounts for most of that range. 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 there bus service in this neighborhood? Trinity Metro bus routes 21 and 55 serve the Loop 820 East corridor and are a practical option for renters at properties close to those lines. There is no TEXRail stop in the area. For most of the inventory, a car expands your reach across the rental corridors and the I-30 employment base. Which school district serves apartments here? Fort Worth ISD serves the entire area. If a specific FWISD attendance zone is your constraint rather than the neighborhood line, say so at intake and we will build the search around the district boundary instead. Where can I find a second chance apartment near me in this area? Fort Worth Second Chance Team covers all of the Woodhaven corridor - Eastern Hills, Ederville, Garden of Eden, and White Lake Hills - along with properties on the I-30 and Loop 820 East frontages. 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. - 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/) - Haltom City Inner-ring Tarrant County suburb with $1,211 average rent (2026) and on-site manager discretion as the primary second chance approval path. [/service-areas/haltom-city/ →](/service-areas/haltom-city/) - Southeast Fort Worth Older locally managed stock with on-site discretion as the primary approval path and some of the lowest average rents inside Fort Worth city limits. [/service-areas/southeast-fort-worth/ →](/service-areas/southeast-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 Woodhaven? 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.