Lower-FMR payment standards - Aguadilla, PR Metro Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Aguadilla, PR MSA is $564/month - 1st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#5 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 15.6% above market .
Low-FMR rung around Aguadilla, PR Metro Area
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Ponce, PR Metro Area ($538), Mayagüez, PR Metro Area ($536), Arecibo, PR Metro Area ($510) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA, Warren County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA, Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area, Ann Arbor, MI MSA, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.
What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Aguadilla, PR Metro Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $480/mo |
| 1-BR | $482/mo |
| 2-BR | $564/mo |
| 3-BR | $680/mo |
| 4-BR | $756/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Aguadilla, PR MSA
HUD lets each Public Housing Authority set its payment standard between 90% and 110% of the published Fair Market Rent for the bedroom size served. These dollar amounts are derived from HUD FY2026 FMR for Aguadilla, PR MSA; your PHA may choose a figure inside this band. This is not a quote for a specific unit, availability, or waitlist status.
| Size | HUD FMR | 90% floor | 110% ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $480/mo | $432/mo | $528/mo |
| 1-BR | $482/mo | $434/mo | $530/mo |
| 2-BR | $564/mo | $508/mo | $620/mo |
| 3-BR | $680/mo | $612/mo | $748/mo |
| 4-BR | $756/mo | $680/mo | $832/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Aguadilla, PR MSA, the HUD reference rent is $564/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $508–$620/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $488/mo → 15.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Aguadilla, PR Metro Area.
Full near-amount ladder
- Ponce, PR Metro Area · $538
- Mayagüez, PR Metro Area · $536
- Arecibo, PR Metro Area · $510
- Guayama, PR Metro Area · $475
- San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area · $663
- Morehouse Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area · $834
- Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area · $869
- Cherokee County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area · $877
- Acadia Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area · $880
- Little River County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area · $880
- Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area · $915
- Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $916
What to do with this FMR desk
Aguadilla, PR HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $564/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (15.6% above market). Metro gap page
- Confirm how PHAs may set payment standards at 90-110% of FMR, and why the two figures are not interchangeable. FMR vs payment standard
FMR is HUD's published Fair Market Rent for this FMR area. It is not a PHA payment standard, unit quote, eligibility result, or waitlist status. Confirm any leasing figure with the PHA that serves the unit.
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rent (FY2026) ; Census ACS median gross rent. Confirm the live PHA figure before leasing. Methodology.
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