Second Chance Apartments in Burleson and Crowley, From SH-174 to Crowley Road

Crowley sits in southern Tarrant County and Burleson crosses into Johnson County. Along SH-174 in Burleson, Crowley Road in Crowley and the streets between them, most of the rental housing is owned or run by smaller local landlords. Many don't use RealPage or Yardi automated screening. A dismissed eviction, a lease broken over a job loss or a move, a settled balance: these land differently with a person than with an algorithm.

That doesn't mean there are no criteria. Each property sets its own lookback window, its own balance rules, and its own idea of what counts as a good enough explanation. We confirm those criteria with the property or management company, log the date, and help you write the letter of explanation before your first application. The search starts with your record, not the listing price.

Here's how the search works, from your first message to keys.

Most rentals along SH-174, in central Crowley and near Historic Downtown Burleson are garden style apartments and older multifamily buildings. Individual owners or small regional companies run them. So a person makes the call, and your written explanation lands in front of them. The streets off Hidden Creek Parkway have similar places. Rents sit at or below the Fort Worth average, and the deposit, any conditional fee and a guarantor program's cost all follow that rent down.

Newer buildings along the Chisholm Trail Parkway (SH-121T) add a second approval route within the same commute. They use corporate criteria and automated screening, but they often accept lease guarantees through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee. If a conditional approval doubles the deposit, a deposit alternative through Jetty or LeaseLock can cut your cash at signing.

Income restricted properties work differently. Along with a minimum income, they cap what a household can earn, based on the area median income. Our page on income restricted apartments explains how those limits work.

Crowley sits in Tarrant County, and Burleson straddles Tarrant and Johnson. A filing lands in whichever county the address falls in, so it goes to the Tarrant County JP courts or the Johnson County JP courts. Screening companies pull both, so a Burleson filing shows up at a Crowley leasing office, and the other way around too.

Burleson ISD and Crowley ISD serve different sections of the area, and their boundaries don't follow the city lines. If schools drive your search, tell us up front and we build the list around the district, not the city line. The Chisholm Trail Parkway puts downtown Fort Worth within a realistic commute from nearly any address here. Lower rent doesn't have to mean giving up access to jobs.

We place renters in the smaller cities around this corridor on request. Kennedale, Forest Hill and Everman sit in south Tarrant County, near where I-20, Loop 820 and US-287 meet. Apartments there are few and mostly owner managed. Several school districts split them, including Kennedale ISD, Everman ISD and Fort Worth ISD.

Farther down I-35W and the Chisholm Trail, Alvarado, Joshua, Cleburne and Godley are in Johnson County, with Cleburne as the county seat. Much of the stock there is duplexes and rent houses, with one owner making the call. A filing in those towns doesn't land on the Tarrant County docket. It goes to the Johnson County Justice of the Peace courts, and the Precinct 3 court sits in Alvarado on North Baugh Street. Screening companies pull records from across the state, so a Johnson County filing still shows up when you apply in Fort Worth.