Rental applications
Free online rental applications, with documents attached
Renters apply from your listing in a few minutes. You get complete applications with their documents, decide with a clear reason, and turn the one you approve into a lease.
What the application asks
- Contact details
- Current and previous addresses
- Desired move-in date
- How many people will live there
- Income: any lawful source, including housing vouchers
- Employer
- References
- Pets
- Consent to share the application with the landlord
Fair, complete applications
Your criteria, up front
Write your criteria on the listing, such as the income you need, the documents you’ll ask for and your guarantor rule. Applicants see them before they apply.
Every adult applies separately
Co-applicants and guarantors each have their own application, consent and documents, so nobody sees anyone else’s files.
Documents attached
Ask for ID, pay slips or an employment letter with a document request, and review each file in the same place.
Document requestsDecide, then sign
Applicants always see where their application stands.
- Submitted
- In review
- Approved
- Lease created
- More info needed
- Approved with conditions
- Waitlisted
- Declined
A decline uses a neutral reason and sends the applicant a notice. When you approve, Roofy creates the lease draft with the accepted documents linked, ready to send for e-signature.
Local rules to know
This is general information, not legal advice.
Questions people ask
- Is an online rental application secure?
- On Roofy, applications and files are visible only to the people on that rental, files are stored encrypted, and every view is logged.
- Can I customise the application?
- The form is the same for every landlord, which keeps it fair. Ask for anything extra you need as a document request.
- What should a rental application ask?
- Enough to decide: contact details, address history, move-in date, household size, income, employer, references and pets, plus consent. Nothing about protected characteristics.
- Do applicants pay a fee on Roofy?
- No. Roofy never charges applicants or tenants anything.
Take your next applications online
Free for landlords and renters, in any country.