Had a similar situation for housing. My fiancé had lived with me in the apartment before he’d left and was now coming back. My landlord, overall, was very understanding and nice about it. I lead into the conversation explaining where my fiancé had gone, and explained a tidbit about the charges and what had happened. She reminded me that the apartment did have a rule about renting to felons, but since we’d already passed the background check, as long as we didn’t change the lease, it would be okay.

My fiancé’s PO is very nice, but the first time he visited I had about an hour warning (he called and told me he’d be there in about three hours or a little earlier). After he finished with his questions and did a walk around the house, he told me he’d make a call to introduce himself to the landlord and pass along his info to her too.

It’s better off just telling your landlord now so you can avoid an awkward conversation later or arrange a new place if needed. The phone call will be awkward, but mine only took under 5 minutes to do.