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Transitional Housing Software

Transitional housing software for recovery, reentry and emergency housing programs

Beds, fees, applications, house agreements, check-ins, notes and outcomes for programs that house people while they get back on their feet. Sober Living Companion runs it in one place for a flat $60/month, unlimited houses and residents, with a free app for every resident. It's a program of Empower Next Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Updated September 28, 2026

Who Uses It

The same tool for every kind of transitional housing

Recovery residences and sober living

The original use: rent, drug tests, curfew and meeting accountability, signed house rules and a free recovery app for residents. The full guide โ†’

Reentry and justice-involved programs

Passes, curfew GPS check-ins, meeting attendance and timestamped notes give a probation officer or a court the record they ask for without a manager reconstructing it from texts.

Emergency and rapid re-housing programs

Track each resident's steps toward permanent housing and employment with your own weekly or monthly check-in questions, enrolled for a whole house at once, with the answers reported for funders.

Faith-based and non-profit housing

Flat pricing that doesn't rise when you fill a bed, tax-deductible because the platform itself is run by a 501(c)(3), and no data ever sold.

What It Does

Operations, intake and outcomes in one place

Beds and occupancy

A bed board per house shows who is where and what is open, so a referral call gets an answer in seconds. Bed management โ†’

Program fees and rent

Weekly, monthly or daily fees, partial payments tracked, and payment by card, CashApp, Zelle or Venmo. Card payments made in the app are recorded automatically. Fee collection โ†’

Applications and intake

Your own online application with e-signature, a house dropdown, and questions you can edit. Completed applications wait under Pending Admission with everything the applicant entered.

Agreements, forms and notes

House rules and program agreements e-signed in the app or a browser link, with a signing certificate. Staff can pre-fill an agreement before sending it. Case notes stay on the resident's record, visible to staff only.

Outcomes for funders

Built-in measures for housing status, employment, recovery capital and more, plus your own questionnaires. Automatic check-ins at intake, monthly, quarterly, at exit and after exit, with retention and follow-up results exported as CSV. Outcomes measurement โ†’

The resident app, free

Residents see their fees, sign their forms, check in, and reach help in a crisis. Recovery tools are there for those who want them. About the free app โ†’

FAQ

Transitional housing software questions

What is transitional housing software?

Software for programs that house people for a period while they work toward stability: recovery residences, reentry and emergency housing, and transitional living. It tracks who is in which bed, fees and payments, intake applications, house rules and agreements, check-ins, case notes and outcomes such as housing and employment status. Sober Living Companion covers all of this for a flat $60/month.

Does it work for programs that are not sober living?

Yes. Beds, fees, applications, agreements, notes and outcomes are the same job in reentry, emergency and transitional housing. Recovery features such as sober-day counters and meeting check-ins are there for residents who want them and can be ignored by those who don't.

Can we track steps toward permanent housing and employment?

Yes. Build your own check-in questions in Outcomes (for example, what steps were taken toward permanent housing this week), enroll residents or whole houses, and the app emails the check-in weekly or monthly. Answers roll into the outcomes report with CSV export, alongside the built-in housing and employment status measures.

Is it an HMIS?

No. It is not an HMIS and does not replace one where a funder requires HMIS entry. Its exports are plain CSV so data can be entered or reconciled where needed.

How much does it cost for multiple houses?

$60 per month for the whole organization, however many houses and residents, with the resident app free. There is no per-bed or per-user pricing.