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Felon Friendly Apartments in Boston, MA

Searching for felon friendly apartments in Boston? Explore apartment communities, houses, and other housing options. “Felon friendly” is a search term, not a verified designation. Confirm each property's screening rules; approval is never guaranteed.

Screening records in Boston

109 Mt. Pleasant Ave - Supported Housing

109 Mt. Pleasant Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

119 Berkeley Street

119 Berkeley Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

140 Clarendon

140 Clarendon Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

225 Centre

225 Centre Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

40 Upton Street

40 Upton Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

698 Mass Ave

698 Mass Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Alice H. Taylor Apartments

260M Ruggles St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Amory Street

125 Amory Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Annapolis

52 Sumner St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Archdale

75 Archdale Road

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Ashford Street Lodging

40 Ashford Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Ashmont

347 Ashmont St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Ausonia Apartments

185 Fulton St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Bartlett Station

2565 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Basilica

106 13th St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Bellflower

24 Bellflower St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Bloomfield Gardens

455 Geneva Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Boston Hope Elderly

88 Nightingale Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Boston Hope Family

78 Kingsdale Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Bowdoin Manor

37 Bowdoin Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Brighton Marine

1465 Commonwealth Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Brighton-Allston Apartments

493 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Building 104

104 First Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Casa Esperanza

302 Eustis Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Catherine Gallagher

209 Heath Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Central Boston Elder Services

2311 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Charlestown

82 Walford Way

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Codman Apartments

784 Washington St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Commonwealth

31 Jette Ct

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Commonwealth Elderly

4 Fidelis Way

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Condor-Havre Garden Apts

127 Condor Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Corey Seton Manor

200 Corey Rd

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Cortes Apartments

7 Cortes Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Dartmouth Hotel - Supportive Housing

140 Dudley Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Davison Apartments

101 Davison St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Dixwell Park

11-13 Dixwell St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Doris Bunte Apartments

1990 Columbus Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Dudley Greenville

223 Dudley Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Dunmore Place

8 Dunmore Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Egleston Crossing

3037 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Egleston Crossing (PBV)

3091 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Eva White

440 Tremont Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Fairmount

43 Bow St.

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Faneuil Gardens

266 North Beacon St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Foley Apartments

199 H St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Franklin Field Elderly / Franklin Field Family / Franklin Field Family (Federal)

91 Ames St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Franklin Hill (PBV)

1 Shandon Road

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Frederick Douglass

755 Tremont Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Gallivan Boulevard

115 Standard St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

General Warren

47 Washington St.

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Georgetowne Homes

400 Georgetowne Drive

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Green Street

82 Green Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Greenway Apartments

170 Maverick Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Groveland

15 Mary Moore Beatty Circle

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Hampton House

155 Northampton Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Harbor125

2 Lisbon Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Hartwell Terrace

4 Hartwell St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Hassan Apartments

705 River Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Hearth at Burroughs

27 Burroughs Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Hearth at Olmsted Green

2 Kingbird Road

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Heritage

209 Sumner St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Highland Park

50 Highland Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Holgate Apartments

129 Elm Hill Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Howard Dacia

25 Dacia Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Huntington House

270 Huntington Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Imani House

516 Warren Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

J J Meade Apartments

11 Melville Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

JJ Carroll

130 Chestnut Hill Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Lower Mills / Lower Mills (PBV)

2262 Dorchester Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Lower Roxbury Apartments

62 Hammond Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Lucerne Gardens

121 Lucerne Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Madison Melnea Cass Apartments

600 Melnea Cass Boulevard

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Malone Apartments

11 Gordon Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Martin Luther King Towers

280 MLK Blvd

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Mary Ellen McCormack

10 Kemp St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Mattapan Heights

229A River Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Maverick Landing

31 Liverpool Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Mercantile Wharf Apartments

111 Atlantic Avenue

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Mildred C. Hailey Apartments

30 Bickford St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Mission Main

43 Smith St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Monsignor Powers

120 L St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Moreland Affordable

95 Moreland Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Morville House (Elderly Only)

100 Norway Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Nazing Court

3 Nazing Court

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Oak Terrace

888 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Old Colony / Old Colony Senior

20 Reverand Burke Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Oliver Lofts

166 Terrace Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Olmsted Green Phase III

37 Sandpiper Lane

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Orchard Gardens Estates

25 Ambrose Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Orient Heights

38 Vallar Road

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Pasciucco

330 Bowdoin Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Patricia White (grouped program records)

20 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Peabody Apartments

1875 Dorchester Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Pleasant Street - Supported Housing

136 Pleasant Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Pond Street

29 Pond St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Quincy Commons

278 Blue Hill Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Rockland Towers

5300 Washington St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Roslyn Apartments

1 Cliffmont St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Roxbury Tenants of Harvard

1 Fenwood Road

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Ruth Barkley Apartments

1472 Washington St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Rutland Square House (Family)

20 Rutland Square

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

South Street

15 St. Rose St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Spring Street

23 Spring St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

St Botolph Apartments

70 Saint Botolph St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

The Berkeley Residence

40 Berkeley Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

The Foley

249 River Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

The Metropolitan

1 Nassau Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Torre Unidad

80 W Dedham St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Trinity House

406 Meridian Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Trinity Terrace

26 Norwell Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Uphams Corner

612 Columbia Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Walnut House

237 Walnut Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Washington Beech

4560 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Washington Manor

1701 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Washington Street

91-95 Washington St

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Washington Street (PBV)

1740 Washington Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

West 9th Street

185 West 9th Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

West Broadway

81 Orton Marotta Way

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

West Broadway Homes

73 Crowley Rogers Way

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

West Newton

94 West Newton Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Westland/Burbank

71 Westland Ave

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Whittier Street

1158 Tremont Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Wise Street/Porter Apartments

12 Wise Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Zeigler

131 Zeigler Street

Screening policy unconfirmedUnverified

Can someone with a felony record rent in Boston?

Screening practices and applicable requirements can vary by property and location. Ask each housing provider about its current criteria and verify reported policy details directly. For questions about your rights, consider consulting a qualified local housing or legal resource. Approval is never guaranteed.

Local housing information for Boston

Local housing resources

Reviewed property source links: https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Our-Agency/BHA-Housing-Communities.aspx. The cited source supports the property's identity and address only. Availability, waitlist or application acceptance, rent, and felony-screening policy have not been verified. Source-linked housing resources (Boston, MA; source refs MA-BOS-001, MA-BOS-002): - Boston Housing Authority communities. Official sources: https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Our-Agency/BHA-Housing-Communities.aspx, https://airtable.com/embed/appH0a43T3IoIIzaI/shrUub9MqoL5meRTo/tblTp5W586XtHgQmh. Caveat: BHA directory rows can share addresses and development totals; source references are not additional apartment records. No current vacancies, application acceptance, or felony-screening result is claimed.

How we verify this information

Reported screening policies come from properties, management companies, and renter-submitted experiences, and each record shows when it was last verified. Policies can change at any time—always confirm directly with the property.

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Frequently asked questions

Can someone with a felony record rent an apartment in Boston?

Screening practices and applicable requirements can vary by property and location. Ask the property about its current written criteria before applying, and consult a qualified local housing or legal resource if you have questions about your rights. Approval is never guaranteed.

Are there apartments in Boston that don't run background checks?

Screening practices vary. Ask each housing provider directly whether it conducts background checks and what criteria it uses. Listings on this page show reported screening information and are labeled with their verification status; reported details should be confirmed with the property.

Should I disclose my record before applying in Boston?

Consider asking the property about its screening process and application requirements before paying any fees or submitting an application. Requirements differ, so confirm details directly with the housing provider.

How current is the screening information for Boston?

Where available, each record shows its verification status and the date it was last verified. Information may be reported or unverified and policies can change, so confirm details directly with the property before applying. If you spot outdated information, please let us know.

How can I improve my chances of approval in Boston?

Review the property's stated application criteria and prepare the documents it requests. You can also ask whether it accepts references or other supporting information. Each property makes its own decisions, and approval is never guaranteed.

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This page is informational only and is not a rental application. Reported policies can change at any time and approval is never guaranteed. Contact the property directly to verify. Last updated October 7, 2026.

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