High-FMR payment standards - Ansonia town, CT Exception Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Ansonia town, CT Exception Area is $1,788/month - 85th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#337 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 32.6% above market ; FMR rows touch Naugatuck Valley Planning Region .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 7 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Ansonia town, CT Exception Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Ansonia town, CT Exception Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA ($1,787), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785), Ocean City, NJ MSA ($1,792) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HUD Metro FMR Area, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA, Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Wheeling, WV-OH MSA, Wichita, KS HUD Metro FMR Area, Davidson County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Ansonia town, CT Exception Area.
CT-state FMR neighbors for Ansonia town, CT Exception Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside CT: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA ($1,865); Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT MSA ($1,866); New Haven, CT MSA ($1,969); Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA ($2,511) . 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 Ansonia town, CT Exception Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,246/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,445/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,788/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,210/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,864/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Ansonia town, CT Exception 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 Ansonia town, CT Exception 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 | $1,246/mo | $1,121/mo | $1,371/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,445/mo | $1,301/mo | $1,590/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,788/mo | $1,609/mo | $1,967/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,210/mo | $1,989/mo | $2,431/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,864/mo | $2,578/mo | $3,150/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Ansonia town, CT Exception Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,788/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,609–$1,967/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,348/mo → 32.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Ansonia town, CT Exception Area.
CT agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in CT whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Housing Authority of the City of Hartford
- Waterbury Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of the City of Stamford
- Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport
- West Haven Housing Authority
- Middletown Housing Authority
- Housing Authority Of The City Of Norwalk
- Housing Authority of the City of Meriden
- Housing Authority of the City of Danbury
- Housing Authority of the City of New Britain
Full near-amount ladder
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA · $1,787
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,785
- Ocean City, NJ MSA · $1,792
- Bellingham, WA MSA · $1,794
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,781
- Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,772
- Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,806
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA · $1,810
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,816
- Kingston, NY MSA · $1,818
- Modesto, CA MSA · $1,758
- Port St. Lucie, FL MSA · $1,757
What to do with this FMR desk
Ansonia town, CT Exception Area HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,788/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (32.6% 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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