A household groups the people at one address. Use households to avoid mailing the same home twice, to canvass efficiently, and to understand giving at the family level.
Create a household
- 1Open HouseholdsFrom People, click the Households tab under the header. People, Households, and Companies are three views of the same contacts. The grid lists every household with its members.
- 2Click the + buttonName the household and give it an address.
- 3Add membersAssign people from their profiles, or from the household page itself.
Start from the person
On a profile with no household yet, the household area offers Assign household directly, often the fastest route. The address, the map, and electoral boundaries
Editing a household, search for an address and pick a suggestion. It fills every field below and geocodes the household, so ward, district, and precinct update automatically. Prefer to type it yourself? Open Enter address manually; manual edits save as typed, geocode in the background, and the map pin appears once the address verifies.
The household page shows a map card. Clicking it opens the location in your maps app, with the ward and address labelled on top. A status chip always tells you where geocoding stands: Located (the pin is set), Locating… (still working in the background), or Address problem (the address could not be found; open Edit and fix it). Geocoded households power canvassing turfs and delivery coverage, so a clean address pays off downstream. Below the details you’ll also find a Yard sign card showing this home’s sign request in the campaign you are working in. Set it right there if a sign went up outside the app (see Deliveries).
Keep households clean
Imports sometimes create near-identical households. The Duplicates finder has a dedicated households view for merging them. See Find and merge duplicates.
