Apartments for People on Parole in Texas

On parole in Texas? Tell us your move date, budget and record. We check communities' written screening criteria and send you a list to look at. Your parole officer handles the residence rules and permissions that apply to you.

See Places Open to Parole

Renter on the phone with a parole officer at a kitchen table in a Texas apartment

What You Get

A search plan built around your parole housing deadline
Communities whose screening criteria fit your record
A clear split between the lease decision and your officer's address check
Free locating help in all five of our Texas metros

You need two separate approvals

The community decides if it approves your rental application. Your parole officer decides if the address fits your conditions. One approval doesn't replace the other. Our shortlist can't promise an address will pass both.

Ask your officer before you pay or sign

Ask your officer what order things happen in and which address details, household information and papers they need. Ask if they can check an address before you sign a lease, and how long that check usually takes.

If you're still inside TDCJ

You can't tour or sign a lease from inside. The institutional parole officer on your unit asks about your residence plan. Before you're released, a parole officer checks the address. Family can't turn in the plan for you, but they can give you their address and phone number to put in it. If there's no approved address, TDCJ may place you in a halfway house, called a residential reentry center, for a time.

Moving in with a relative who rents

The apartment usually has to approve you as an occupant, and that can mean a background check. Your officer may confirm with the leasing office. Living there without being on the lease can put your relative's lease at risk. It can put your address approval at risk too.

Tell us your exact housing deadline

Let us know your metro, budget, move date and any residence deadline. Tell us if that date is when you turn in an address, when you need permission or when you move in. Communities usually screen every adult moving in, so tell us who's moving in with you. We can't speed up your officer's review or promise apartment approval.

Use the address preparation questions and deadline planning guide. If you need somewhere to stay until both decisions come through, go over Local Help with your officer or case manager. Check with each provider directly to see if they have space. If you have to register as a sex offender, read renting with a registration requirement.

How we plan around a parole deadline

Tell us the date first. If your deadline is close, say so on the form or when you call, and we start there.
We check the criteria. We track each community's screening and income rules and check them against your record and income.
Your officer checks the address. We can't speak for the Parole Division. Ask your officer what they need before you sign.

How we compare

Topic	Searching on your own	With our team
Cost to you	An application fee at each place you try	Our help is free. Participating communities may pay our sponsoring brokerage a referral fee.
Screening criteria	Hard to learn before you pay	We track each community's criteria and check them against your record.
Address approval	Your officer decides	Still your officer. We help you plan around the date.
Who decides	The community	Still the community. We can't promise approval.
Reply time	Depends on each office	We text you shortly after you send the form. Lists usually go out on weekdays, in one to two business days.

Apartment lease papers on a kitchen table

Two story garden style apartment community in Texas

Renter carrying a box into an empty apartment

Address papers and a utility bill on a table

How It Works

Tell us the deadline and metro

Share your housing deadline, metro, budget and move date. Tell us who's moving in with you and any limits on where you can live.

We check the criteria

We compare each community's screening criteria with your record and leave out any area your conditions rule out.

You pick favorites

We send you a list of communities to look at. You pick favorites, and we send them a guest card and help you set up tours. Confirm open units and fees with each one.

Tour, apply and check with your officer

Get any address approval you need before you sign or pay. The community decides on your application.

Start Your Free Apartment Search

Our locating help is free. Tell us about your move, budget and record. We text you shortly after you send the form.

A few details help us focus your apartment search.

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Free locating help · No approval guarantees

Questions About This Record Type

Can I rent my own apartment on parole in Texas?

Often, yes. Your parole conditions and your officer decide if an address works for you. The community decides on your rental application. You need both answers before you move.

What does my parole officer need to approve an apartment?

Officers and conditions differ. Ask them which address details, household facts and papers they want, and when. Our parole address review guide lists questions to bring.

What if my housing deadline is close?

Tell us the date when you reach out, and tell us what it's for. Ask your officer what happens if you need more time. We text you shortly after you send the form, and your list usually goes out on a weekday, in one to two business days.

Will the apartment know I'm on parole?

Some applications ask about supervision, and many screening reports show the case. Answer each question honestly. We check how each community's criteria treat renters on parole.

Does your help cost anything?

No. Renters pay nothing for our locating service. Participating communities may pay our sponsoring brokerage a referral fee. Any application fees and deposits the community charges are still on you.

Guides for This Record Type

Prepare before you apply