High-FMR payment standards - Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,631/month - 76th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#303 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 16.6% above market ; FMR rows touch Anchorage Municipality .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,626), Chico, CA MSA ($1,625), Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA ($1,637) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Boone County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area, Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA, Arecibo, PR Metro Area, Alexandria, LA MSA, Albany, GA MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area.
AK-state FMR neighbors for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside AK: Fairbanks-College, AK MSA ($1,676) . Alphabetical “nearby” lists are intentionally not used here - amount proximity is the comparison that matters for payment standards.
What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,152/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,243/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,631/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,268/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,736/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area
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 Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area; 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 | $1,152/mo | $1,037/mo | $1,267/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,243/mo | $1,119/mo | $1,367/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,631/mo | $1,468/mo | $1,794/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,268/mo | $2,041/mo | $2,495/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,736/mo | $2,462/mo | $3,010/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,631/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,468–$1,794/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area
Published two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for this HUD area across FY2022-2026. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent fiscal years only. This is a historical HUD reference-rent series, not a PHA payment standard, unit quote, availability, eligibility, or waitlist result.
- Latest 2-BR
- $1,631
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +4.4%
- from FY2025 $1,563
- Span change
- +30.7%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,248/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,352/mo | +8.3% |
| 2024 | $1,454/mo | +7.5% |
| 2025 | $1,563/mo | +7.5% |
| 2026 | $1,631/mo | +4.4% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,399/mo → 16.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area.
AK agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in AK whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
Full near-amount ladder
- Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,626
- Chico, CA MSA · $1,625
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA · $1,637
- Corvallis, OR MSA · $1,622
- Ogden, UT MSA · $1,614
- Boise City, ID HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,655
- Richmond, VA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,655
- Ann Arbor, MI MSA · $1,656
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA · $1,604
- Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,664
- Odessa, TX MSA · $1,595
- Redding, CA MSA · $1,590
What to do with this FMR desk
Anchorage, AK HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,631/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+30.7% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (16.6% 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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