Tarrant County · Population 71,436
Second Chance Apartments in North Richland Hills, Loop 820 and City Point
City Point is the new one everybody asks about and the one most likely to turn you down. The older buildings along 820 sit in the same Birdville schools and are far more willing to talk. We steer around the new construction until your record can win it.
Licensed
Texas Real Estate Commission
Brokerage
Spirit Real Estate Group, TREC #562021
Cost to you
$0, communities pay the referral fee
Response
Under 60 minutes during posted hours
Why the last application failed
Two Approval Paths, and the Wrong One Costs You a Fee
North Richland Hills is served by two school districts, Birdville and Keller, and by two TEXRail stations at Iron Horse and Smithfield. It also offers two distinct approval routes: older Loop 820 and SH-26 stock managed locally, and newer product around the City Point development that runs corporate criteria.
Two routes means two ways to waste a fee
Applying at City Point with a barrier that needed a human, or at older SH-26 stock with a barrier that needed a program, costs the same and gets the same no.
Birdville or Keller ISD isn’t a guess you can make
Both serve parts of the city and the split doesn’t track neighborhoods cleanly. Verify the attendance zone for the specific address.
Rail access holds occupancy up
Iron Horse and Smithfield stations keep demand steady along the corridor, and steady demand means less reason to bend on a threshold.
Why picking the wrong path costs a fee
Two school districts, two TEXRail stops, and two different screening environments in one city. We match your barrier to the right one at intake rather than letting you find out at the desk.
At a glance
What decides a rental search here
School districts
- Birdville ISD
- Keller ISD
Major employers
- City Point development
- Medical City North Hills
Commute & transit
Rent snapshot
The older Loop 820 stock generally prices at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average, and the newer City Point product sits above it. Fort Worth apartments average $1,438 across all unit types, with studios around $1,075, 1BRs $1,259, 2BRs $1,590, and 3BRs $2,011.
Second Chance Approval Routes for Your Barrier
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.
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 a Guarantor
Matching you to communities that accept a third-party lease guarantee or deposit alternative.
Free to renters
Broken Lease Apartments
Placement for renters carrying a broken lease, with or without an open balance.
Free to renters
Bad Credit Apartments
Free apartment locating for renters in Fort Worth with credit below the 580-620 threshold most properties set.
Free to renters
Luxury Apartments With Bad Credit
Access to new construction and Class A inventory through criteria matching and third-party programs.
Free to renters
Immediate Move-In Apartments
Expedited search on immediate move-in inventory in Fort Worth for renters facing a hard deadline.
Free to renters
How We Sort You Into the Right Lane
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 reason 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're agreeing to
Not Sure Which Route Fits? Ask Before You Apply
Send us the situation you would rather not put in an application: the filing, the balance, the credit range, the background. It's the part that decides where we start.
- No fee, no deposit, and no charge for the research. The community pays a referral fee at lease signing, and your rent isn't 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
Inside the NRH Rental Market
Pick your path by barrier type, not by budget
The two routes here suit different problems, and choosing wrong costs you application fees.
The older, locally managed stock concentrated along Loop 820 and the Grapevine Highway (SH-26) frontage is the better route when your barrier needs a human to read it: a dismissed eviction, a lease broken during a divorce or a military move, a documented one-off. These properties often screen without RealPage or Yardi automation, so background reaches the person making the decision.
The newer corporate criteria product near City Point and HomeTown NRH is the better route when your barrier is a number. A credit score below the threshold or income under 3x is solved by a documented tool, a lease guarantee through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee, a deposit alternative through Jetty or LeaseLock, or a co-applicant, and corporate operators accept those tools consistently. Fort Worth Second Chance Team sorts you into the right lane at intake.
1980s stock and City Point, minutes apart
Much of the rental inventory dates to the 1980s and 1990s and is managed locally or by smaller regional operators, concentrated along Loop 820 and the Grapevine Highway frontage. That's where individual judgment still lives, and where a letter of explanation attached to an application actually gets read.
City Point, built on the old North Hills Mall site, brought newer product into the same city, managed by institutional operators like Greystar and RPM Living running automated screening through RealPage or Yardi. Those same operators commonly accept a lease guarantee through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee, and deposit alternatives through Jetty or LeaseLock reduce cash at signing when a conditional approval doubles the deposit. HomeTown NRH and the streets around Iron Horse sit in between, walkable to NRH2O Family Water Park and Iron Horse Golf Course, and priced accordingly.
All of it's inside a short drive of the same jobs, with TEXRail stopping at Iron Horse and Smithfield stations (2026 service) to reach downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport directly. Both Birdville ISD and Keller ISD boundaries run through the city. Having both approval routes inside one city is unusual in Tarrant County, and it's why a search here starts with a question about your record rather than your budget.
Why NRH Renters With a Record Choose Our Team
- Fort Worth Second Chance Team sorts you into the discretion path or the program path before you spend a fee
- We prepare the letter of explanation the locally managed properties will actually read
- We confirm criteria per property and log the date
- We track which newer operators here accept which guarantor programs
- 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 reverified quarterly. Criteria aren't a guarantee of approval. We don't 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.
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.
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.
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.
Coverage
Where we search in North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills gives you two routes inside one city. Older stock lines Loop 820 and SH-26, managed locally, with real discretion at the desk. City Point, built on the old North Hills Mall site, brings newer product on corporate criteria. Two TEXRail stops sit at Iron Horse and Smithfield. We search both routes and match your barrier to the right one before you apply.
Neighborhoods and districts
Searching a different part of the county? Our service area pages cover the rest of Tarrant County.
Landmarks renters know
- City Point (former North Hills Mall site)
- HomeTown NRH
- NRH2O Family Water Park
- Iron Horse Golf Course
- Medical City North Hills
- North East Mall (neighboring Hurst)
Getting around
Loop 820 cuts across the middle of the city and SH-26 runs northeast toward Grapevine. Two TEXRail stations sit inside the city limits, Iron Horse just north of Loop 820 and Smithfield off Mid-Cities Boulevard, which puts downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport on a train instead of a commute. If you're searching without a reliable car, that narrows the map usefully.
North Richland Hills Renter Questions
What does 'manager discretion' actually mean here?
Which route should I try first with an eviction filing?
Is the newer City Point product realistic with bad credit?
Does living near a TEXRail station change my application?
Do you cover Birdville and Keller ISD boundaries specifically?
What does it cost to move into an apartment in North Richland Hills?
Where can I find a second chance apartment near me in North Richland Hills?
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 Fort Worth and all of Tarrant County, plus the neighboring Denton, Johnson, Parker, Hood, Wise, and Dallas County markets. Each city has its own page because each one screens renters differently, not because our service area stops at this list.
- Euless Irregular airport and logistics shift income, documented against income multiples.
- Arlington Separate housing authority, and the largest, most tier diverse inventory pool outside Fort Worth.
- Hurst / Euless / Bedford Mid-Cities corridor spanning three HEB ISD cities, producing two distinct approval routes along the same airport adjacent commute window at near average rents.
- All service areas
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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.
Free to renters. Communities pay the referral fee at lease signing. We don't guarantee approval; every screening decision belongs to the community.