What do I need to use Housing With a Record?

The situation; What you need; Your strengths; Where.

Is Housing With a Record free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Housing With a Record

Q: How do I know the Housing With a Record output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Targets individual landlords / second-chance housing over auto-screeners; Builds a reliability-first trust packet; Produces a short, honest explanation note; Names fair-housing limits on blanket record bans.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-18 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-reentry

Find and land a place to live when a criminal record keeps triggering rejections — where to apply, how to present the record, and the rights that limit how it's used against you. Use when asked how do I rent with a criminal record, landlord denied me for my background, second-chance housing, or explain my record to a landlord. Produces a target list of record-tolerant housing (private landlords, second-chance programs, certain nonprofits), a short honest explanation letter, the documents that build trust (references, income proof, rehabilitation evidence), and the fair-housing rights that limit blanket record bans — so a record narrows the search without leaving you unhoused. Not legal advice; points to housing counselors and legal aid.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“How do I rent an apartment with a criminal record?”“A landlord denied me because of my background — what now?”“Where's second-chance housing for people with records?”“Help me explain my record to a landlord.”“Can a landlord reject everyone with any record?”

What to give it

▸The situation — record type/age, whether sealed/expungeable

▸What you need — budget, location, household, timeline

▸Your strengths — income/benefits, references, stable history

▸Where — region (fair-housing and record rules vary)

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Targets individual landlords / second-chance housing over auto-screeners

✓Builds a reliability-first trust packet

✓Produces a short, honest explanation note

✓Names fair-housing limits on blanket record bans

✓Advises confirming screening before paying application fees; points to help

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Mass-applying** to corporate complexes that auto-deny records.

**Paying application fees** without asking about screening first.

**A long defensive letter** instead of proof of reliability.

**Advising concealment** rather than brief honesty.

**Ignoring fair-housing rights** and rehabilitation evidence.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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