Voucher landlording is a solid business — reliable HAP deposits, long tenancies — with a bookkeeping shape most software ignores: two payers per lease, portions that change mid-year, and records that must stand up to inspections. Here's what your software actually needs to handle. (Program rules vary by housing authority — this is bookkeeping, not program guidance.)
Two payers, one lease
Rent is one charge with two sources: the housing authority's HAP payment and the tenant's portion, arriving on different schedules by different methods. If your software can't allocate two payments against one charge and show a truthful running balance, you'll end up keeping a shadow spreadsheet — the thing you bought software to kill.
Recertification changes without history rewrites
After annual recertification, the split changes — say from $200/$1,100 to $350/$950. The software must apply the new split going forward while past months stay exactly as they happened. Tools that 'edit the rent' retroactively corrupt your history.
Inspection-ready by default
HQS inspections and the occasional dispute both ask the same question: what was the condition, what did you fix, when? Maintenance tickets with photos and timestamps, move-in/move-out inspections by room, and a clean ledger answer it in one link. This is exactly the record-keeping LetsGoLandlord builds passively — see the Section 8 landlords page for specifics, and pricing for plans.