--- title: Rental application description: An applicant gives their details, address and income history, references and permission for the landlord to check what they have written. --- # Rental application An applicant gives their details, address and income history, references and permission for the landlord to check what they have written. ## Who signs - Applicant ## Fields - Applicant: Property address (text) - Applicant: Move-in date (text) - Applicant: Monthly rent, if listed (text, optional) - Applicant: Full name (text) - Applicant: Date of birth (text) - Applicant: Phone (text) - Applicant: Email (text) - Applicant: Current address (text) - Applicant: How long at this address (text) - Applicant: Current landlord’s name and phone (text, optional) - Applicant: Why you are moving (text, optional) - Applicant: How many, including you (text) - Applicant: Other occupants (text, optional) - Applicant: Pets (choice) - Applicant: Pet type and breed (text, optional) - Applicant: Vehicles, with plates (text, optional) - Applicant: Employer (text) - Applicant: Job title (text) - Applicant: How long you have worked there (text) - Applicant: Monthly income, before tax (text) - Applicant: Supervisor’s phone (text, optional) - Applicant: Other income and source (text, optional) - Applicant: Name (text) - Applicant: Phone (text) - Applicant: Emergency contact’s name (text) - Applicant: Their phone (text) - Applicant: Ever evicted (choice) - Applicant: Late with rent or broken a lease (choice) - Applicant: Explanation (text, optional) - Applicant: Previous address (text, optional) - Applicant: How long you lived there (text, optional) - Applicant: Previous landlord and phone (text, optional) - Applicant: Previous monthly rent (text, optional) - Applicant: Deposit withheld or rent refused (choice) - Applicant: Explanation (text, optional) - Applicant: Income criterion (text, optional) - Applicant: number of days (text, optional) - Applicant: I agree that the landlord may check what I have written, including with my employer, my references and my current and pa (checkbox) - Applicant: What I have written is true and complete. I understand that a false statement may be a reason to refuse this application (checkbox) - Applicant: Application fee, if any (text, optional) - Applicant: Printed name (text) - Applicant: Applicant signature (signature) - Applicant: Applicant date signed (date signed) ## The document Rental Application Please complete every part Thank you for applying. Please answer every question. Incomplete applications may be returned. The landlord will use this information only to decide whether to rent the property to you, and will keep it private. Section 1: The property Property address ____ (Property address) Move-in date wanted ____ (Move-in date) Monthly rent ____ (Monthly rent, if listed) Section 2: About you Full name ____ (Full name) Date of birth ____ (Date of birth) Phone ____ (Phone) Email ____ (Email) Current address ____ (Current address) Time there ____ (How long at this address) Current landlord ____ (Current landlord’s name and phone) Reason for moving ____ (Why you are moving) Section 3: Who will live there 3.1 How many people, including you? ____ (How many, including you) Names and ages of everyone else: ____ (Other occupants) 3.2 Pets: ____ (Pets). Details: ____ (Pet type and breed) 3.3 Vehicles that will be parked at the property: ____ (Vehicles, with plates) Section 4: Work and income Employer ____ (Employer) Job title ____ (Job title) Time there ____ (How long you have worked there) Monthly income, before tax ____ (Monthly income, before tax) Supervisor’s phone ____ (Supervisor’s phone) Other income ____ (Other income and source) Section 5: References and emergency contact 5.1 A personal reference: ____ (Name), ____ (Phone). 5.2 Emergency contact: ____ (Emergency contact’s name), ____ (Their phone). Section 6: Your history 6.1 Have you ever been evicted or asked to leave a rental? ____ (Ever evicted) 6.2 Have you ever been late with rent, or broken a lease? ____ (Late with rent or broken a lease) If yes, please explain: ____ (Explanation) Section 7: Rental history 7.1 Previous address: ____ (Previous address). How long: ____ (How long you lived there). Previous landlord and phone: ____ (Previous landlord and phone). 7.2 Monthly rent you paid at your current or last home: ____ (Previous monthly rent) 7.3 Have you ever refused to pay rent, or had a deposit withheld for damage? ____ (Deposit withheld or rent refused) If yes, please explain: ____ (Explanation) Section 8: How we make a decision 8.1 We consider every application against the same written criteria: that income is at least ____ (Income criterion) of the monthly rent, a satisfactory rental history, and a satisfactory credit and background check. We apply them equally to every applicant and do not discriminate because of race, colour, religion, sex, family status, disability, national origin or any other characteristic that the law protects. 8.2 We will tell you our decision in writing within ____ (number of days) days of receiving a complete application. If we decide not to rent to you because of information in a credit or background report, we will tell you which agency provided it and how to get a free copy and dispute anything that is wrong. 8.3 Providing this information does not create a lease. A lease begins only when both the landlord and the tenant have signed one. Section 9: Checks and what I confirm 9.1 ____ (I agree that the landlord may check what I have written, including with my employer, my references and my current and past landlords, and may run a credit and background check, for which I will receive a separate notice and a copy if the law requires) I agree that the landlord may check what I have written, including with my employer, my references and my current and past landlords, and may run a credit and background check, for which I will receive a separate notice and a copy if the law requires 9.2 ____ (What I have written is true and complete. I understand that a false statement may be a reason to refuse this application or to end a tenancy) What I have written is true and complete. I understand that a false statement may be a reason to refuse this application or to end a tenancy 9.3 Submitting this application does not promise that I will be offered the property. An application fee, if any, is ____ (Application fee, if any), and the landlord will tell me what it covers and whether it is refundable. Signatures Sign below to confirm the statements above. Applicant ____ (Printed name) Printed name ____ (Applicant signature) Signature ____ (Applicant date signed) Date ## Use it Sign up free and this template opens in your workspace with the fields already placed: /signup?starter=rental-application A starting point in plain words, not legal advice. Change anything that does not fit before you send it.