Basix: Housing Manager – Development Roadmap Update – April Progress Report

by | Apr 16, 2026 | News

Basix: Housing Manager – Development Roadmap Update

April Progress Report

In our transition toward a fully cloud-based SaaS solution, we are now commencing on Q2 deliverables, where our focus is to accelerate the use of the web server to provide external and mobile users access to key capabilities. These include:

  • Web Tenant portal
  • Web Property Manager portal (stage 1)

User-group Workshops

This month, we will be organising a client user group to commence discussions on the above items and our progress more generally. We intend to send invitations for this in the next few days.

Our Direction: From On-Premises to Full SaaS

Beginning Q1 2026, our development roadmap is structured into quarterly phases that progressively transition Housing Manager from its current on-premises deployment model to a secure, scalable SaaS platform.

Progress report

✔ Completed and available

  • Email payslips directly from Housing Manager
  • Queensland community housing rent calculator integration *(paid add-on)
  • Full text consolidated search capability
  • Payday super (brought forward from Q2)
  • API endpoints’

✔ In Final Testing

  • Web-based dashboard

🔄 In Progress

  • Invoice processing *(paid add-on)

Commencing

  • Web Tenant portal
  • Web Property Manager portal (stage 1)

New Feature Summary – Email Payslips directly from Housing Manager

You can now email payslips directly from Housing Manager.

Employee payslips can now be automatically emailed to employees upon completion of a pay batch. A new setting has been added to Control Details ‘Email Payslips’. If ticked, when the Pay Batch is Completed the employees in the pay batch will be emailed their payslips. Payslips can be emailed again if required, emailed for individual or multiple employees for past pay batches and special pay batches. Payslips are emailed to employees Work Email address.

New Feature Summary – Queensland Community Housing Rent Calculator integration

The Rent Calculator feature allows users to select one or more tenancy agreements and automatically calculate updated rent values based on tenant and income data, using the “Queensland Community Housing Rent Calculator” service. Agreement data is validated before submission, then valid records are processed in batches, and new “In Progress” rent reviews are created and populated with calculated rent amounts and related details.
The feature also assigns a shared Calculation ID to each batch, enabling users to track, review, and manage all agreements processed together.
Note that the rent calculator integration is a paid add-on and we expect to offer more rent calculator integrations in the future.

New Feature Summary – Full text consolidated search capability

With the new Web server in place, you can now take advantage of a consolidated search of text contained within your uploaded documents and long-text fields in the Housing Manager database.
This provides a simple way to scan your entire knowledge base for addresses, client names or other details.

New Feature Summary – Payday Super

Payday Super has passed the ATO checks! Originally planned for Q2, this feature was brought forward to give clients plenty of time to prepare for legislated superannuation changes.

New Feature Summary – API endpoints

Housing Manager now provides a range of API endpoints to facilitate integrations with 3rd party software. The API endpoints are available via the Web server and include the following:

  • Building Units
  • Contact Details
  • Contact Logs
  • Ledgers
  • Ledger Transactions
  • Tenancy Agreements
  • Tenancy Applications
  • Transactions
  • Work Tasks

If you’re planning integrations or need support beyond the current read-only endpoints, our team can help design and implement secure, fit-for-purpose solutions tailored to your workflows. Get in touch to discuss integration support or dedicated write/update pathways as part of your Housing Manager roadmap.

Pre-requisites

Don’t forget that in addition to the new Web server, Basix Housing Manager Patch 5.0.5 is a prerequisite for other items on the roadmap. Please get in contact if you have further questions.

The way forward

Our team will be in contact to coordinate your first steps on the roadmap. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at ems@ems-solutions.com.au.