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Fair Market Rents lookup tool
Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), rent ceilings for rental units in both the HOME Investment Partnerships program and the Emergency Solution Grants program, calculation of maximum award amounts for Continuum of Care recipients and the maximum amount of rent a recipient may pay for property leased with Continuum of Care funds, and calculation of flat rents in Public Housing units. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined metropolitan areas, some HUD defined subdivisions of OMB metropolitan areas and each nonmetropolitan county. 42 USC 1437f requires FMRs be posted at least 30 days before they are effective and that they are effective at the start of the federal fiscal year (generally October 1).
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"025:28"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Adam Bibler",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:Adam.Bibler@hud.gov"
}
|
| description | Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), rent ceilings for rental units in both the HOME Investment Partnerships program and the Emergency Solution Grants program, calculation of maximum award amounts for Continuum of Care recipients and the maximum amount of rent a recipient may pay for property leased with Continuum of Care funds, and calculation of flat rents in Public Housing units. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined metropolitan areas, some HUD defined subdivisions of OMB metropolitan areas and each nonmetropolitan county. 42 USC 1437f requires FMRs be posted at least 30 days before they are effective and that they are effective at the start of the federal fiscal year (generally October 1). |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "HUD Fair Market Rent Documentation System",
"format": "API",
"accessURL": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html",
"description": "This system provides complete documentation of the development of Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for any area of the country selected by the user. After selecting the desired geography, the user is provided a page containing a summary of how the FY 2020 FMRs were developed and updated starting with the formation of the FMR Areas from the metropolitan Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) as established by the Office of Management and Budget, the newly available 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1 year data and the newly available 2013-2017 5 year data, and updating to FY 2020 including information from local survey data. The tables on the summary page include links to complete detail on how the data were developed."
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "FY2020 Fair Market Rents",
"mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
"downloadURL": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs.xlsx"
}
]
|
| identifier | HUD010 |
| keyword |
[
"affordable housing",
"fair market rents",
"fmr",
"rent",
"rental assistance",
"section 8"
]
|
| modified | 2020-08-13 |
| programCode |
[
"025:000"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| title | Fair Market Rents lookup tool |
