Halfway House is a retail mixtape by American rapper Joe Budden, released on October 28, 2008 exclusively in digital format through Amalgam Digital. Halfway House was released when Joe Budden's second studio album, Padded Room, has been pushed back. Its release marked Joe Budden's first return to the Billboard 200 in five years, and approximately 3,000 downloads were sold in its first week of release. The album is notable for featuring the first collaboration between the four members of Slaughterhouse on the track, "Slaughterhouse."