Fair Market Rents History 1983 - Present

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Project Citation: 

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Fair Market Rents History 1983 - Present. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-12-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E100559V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Fair Market Rents History 1983 - Present
Summary:  View help for Summary Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are primarily 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), and to serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME rental assistance program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for 530 metropolitan areas and 2,045 nonmetropolitan county FMR areas. By law the final FMRs for use in any fiscal year must be published and available for use at the start of that fiscal year, on October 1.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms rental housing; housing; housing programs
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1983 – 2018
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data


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