Create and Manage Houses

Create a house with a name, gender, and warden, then track its bed occupancy.

For School administrators, Staff. Updated 2026-08-01.

Overview

A house represents a boarding house or hostel with a gender setting (Mixed, Boys, or Girls) and an optional warden. Each house card shows an occupancy bar computed from its bed records. Editing and deleting a house both use the same update-level permission.

Before you start

Steps

  1. Open Housing
  2. Select New House
  3. Enter the name, gender, warden, and description
  4. Save
  5. Open the house to manage its beds

Common problems

Housing is not visible

Confirm the Housing feature is enabled and your account has housing read permission.

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