What are Second Chance Apartments?

Second Chance Apartments are rental communities or individual landlords who are willing to rent to people with past credit issues, evictions, broken leases, or in some cases, a criminal background.

They’re called “second chance” because they give renters another opportunity to secure stable housing — even if their rental history would normally get them denied elsewhere.

Why Second Chance Apartments Exist:

Many property management companies and landlords screen tenants using:

• Credit reports

• Eviction records

• Background checks

• Rental history databases

If someone has a prior eviction, broken lease, bankruptcy, or criminal record, they might get automatically denied by most large apartment complexes.

Second Chance Apartments exist to fill that gap — they look at the whole person, not just the report. These landlords understand that people many people truly want to rebuild after setbacks.