Property management software for Section 8 landlords.
A voucher unit has two people paying for it: the tenant and the housing authority. Sahab Key keeps the two apart, bills each side its own portion, and reconciles the subsidy checks against the right charges. The plan is two dollars a unit a month.
- Two payers, one clean ledger
- Starts at $50 a month
- No setup fees
- Cancel anytime
The voucher landlord is the one the big tools forgot.
Most property software is shaped for a fifty to one hundred unit portfolio with a leasing office. The owner of a handful of Section 8 units is left doing the hardest accounting by hand.
If you rent to voucher holders, you already know the part the generic tools get wrong. Rent does not arrive as one number from one person. Each month the housing authority pays a Housing Assistance Payment, the tenant pays their own portion, and the two land on different days, in different amounts, sometimes with a portion that changes at recertification. A spreadsheet cannot tell you cleanly whether the shortfall this month is the tenant's or the authority's, and a tool that treats rent as a single lump forces you to fudge it.
Section 8 landlording also carries a paperwork load the marketing pages of the big platforms rarely mention: the HAP contract, the annual and interim recertifications, the inspection schedule, the letters when a portion changes. Sahab Key does not stand between you and your housing authority for the inspection itself, and it is honest about that. What it does is keep the money exact: the HAP contract number and the authority's contact stay on file, and every dollar on both sides of the voucher lands where it belongs, so when the authority calls, your ledger already agrees with theirs.
This niche is underserved on purpose. It is unglamorous, and the portfolios are small. That is exactly why we priced and built for it: small portfolios and voucher portfolios are the owners Sahab Key was made for.
Two payers, one clean ledger.
Turn on Section 8 for a lease, set the split, and every month bills itself the right way.
The rent splits into two charges.
Each voucher month produces two separate rent charges on the same unit: the tenant's portion and the authority's subsidy. They are tracked apart from the first day, so no balance, autopay run, or late fee ever mixes them up.
The tenant only owes their portion.
Your tenant sees, owes, and is reminded about their voucher portion and nothing more. Late fees follow the tenant portion only, never the subsidy, and you can waive them on that portion when you want to.
Record the housing authority's check.
When the HAP deposit arrives, record it against that authority's outstanding subsidy charges. It applies oldest first, refuses to overpay into a floating credit, and never tells the tenant a payment they did not make came in.
Recertification without rewriting history.
When a portion changes, recertify the lease and the new split takes effect from the date you set. The months already billed keep the split that was in force then, so your past is never quietly rewritten.
Reconcile every subsidy check.
Because the two payers are separate on the ledger, the housing authority's money has its own balance, its own aging, and its own paper trail.
Two money streams, side by side
The ledger carries a payer on every charge and payment, so you can read the tenant's money and the authority's money as two columns that never blur into one number.
Aging by authority
See what each housing authority still owes, aged into current, thirty, sixty, and ninety day buckets, so a slow subsidy check is a number you can point to, not a hunch.
Owner reporting that counts both sides
If you report to investors, the read-only owner portal and the drafted monthly report count revenue from both payers, so an owner sees the true income on a voucher building.
The read-only owner portal and the AI drafted monthly owner report are optional. AI Insights is a $49 a month add-on for the whole organization. See pricing.
Priced for a voucher portfolio.
A two-payer month is still one unit, not two. You are never charged for the split.
$2 a unit a month, with a $50 monthly minimum
Fifty dollars a month covers your first 25 units. Above that it is two dollars per unit, so 40 units is $80. No setup fees, no contracts, no per-lease or per-payer charges. Section 8 billing, housing authority payments, and reconciliation are in every plan, not an upsell. Past 200 units, ask about Enterprise. See full pricing or read the FAQ.
Questions Section 8 landlords ask.
Does Sahab Key track Section 8 and HAP payments?
Yes. Every Section 8 month is billed as two separate rent charges: the tenant's voucher portion and the housing authority's subsidy. Sahab Key tracks the housing authority's payment separately from tenant rent and reconciles it against the right charges. Sahab Key does not receive, hold, or disburse housing authority funds: you record the authority's payment, and Sahab Key reconciles it.
Does it track the HAP portion separately from the tenant portion?
Yes. The tenant portion and the subsidy portion are distinct charges tied to the same unit and month. The tenant only ever owes, sees, and is reminded about their own portion, and the subsidy is tracked against the housing authority, all the way down to the aging report.
Can I record payments from the housing authority?
Yes. You record the authority's check or deposit against that authority's outstanding subsidy charges. Payments apply oldest first, an overpayment is refused rather than left floating, and the tenant is never told about a payment they did not make.
What about annual recertification when a portion changes?
Recertify the lease and the new split takes effect from the date you set. The new tenant portion and subsidy apply going forward, and the months already billed keep the split that was in force when they were billed. Your history stays honest.
Does it schedule my HQS inspections?
No, and we would rather say so plainly than pretend. The inspection stays between you and your housing authority. Sahab Key keeps the HAP contract number and the authority's contact on file and makes sure the money on both sides of the voucher is exact. The inspection itself is not something the software runs.
What do my tenants pay and see?
Rent is their voucher portion only, plus, where permitted, the processing fee shown to them at checkout. They get their own portal with a live balance, autopay that retries a failed payment, and a place to report maintenance with a photo. You receive the full portion.
How much does it cost?
Fifty dollars a month is the minimum and it covers up to 25 units. Above 25 units it is two dollars per unit per month. No setup fees and no contracts. A two-payer voucher month still counts as one unit. Portfolios past 200 units get Enterprise pricing. See the pricing page.
Run your voucher portfolio on real books.
Add a building, turn on Section 8 for a lease, and watch the tenant portion and the subsidy settle where they belong.