How to find an apartment with bad credit?

It seems that no matter how much money you make if you have bad credit you may end up on the street. Is there any way to get around this? Assume there's no co-signer. Are there any places in the '408' someone knows about where they look at references instead? Thanks to anyone who can help.

As a landlord, I have rented to people with bad credit. They were up front with me and told me why their credit was damaged. I pulled their report and it was as they said. They had the last 6 months everything was up to date. It looked like their income was reasonable to afford the rent and I took a chance on them. They are very nice people and they have not missed a payment by more than a couple days in the year I've rented to them. If you credit is bad but your an honest person and you will take care of the place and be a good neighbor people will take a chance sometimes. Good luck!

Jimmy answered that great! Just be true to the landlord and i'm sure he will work something out with you! Good luck!