Lower-FMR payment standards - Arecibo, PR Metro Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Arecibo, PR MSA is $510/month - 0th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#2 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 7.8% above market .
Low-FMR rung around Arecibo, PR Metro Area
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Mayagüez, PR Metro Area ($536), Ponce, PR Metro Area ($538), Guayama, PR Metro Area ($475) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: Ann Arbor, MI MSA, Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area, Warren County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.
What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Arecibo, PR Metro Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $437/mo |
| 1-BR | $440/mo |
| 2-BR | $510/mo |
| 3-BR | $699/mo |
| 4-BR | $787/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Arecibo, 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 Arecibo, 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 | $437/mo | $393/mo | $481/mo |
| 1-BR | $440/mo | $396/mo | $484/mo |
| 2-BR | $510/mo | $459/mo | $561/mo |
| 3-BR | $699/mo | $629/mo | $769/mo |
| 4-BR | $787/mo | $708/mo | $866/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Arecibo, PR MSA, the HUD reference rent is $510/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $459–$561/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Arecibo, PR MSA
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
- $510
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -4.0%
- from FY2025 $531
- Span change
- +10.2%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $463/mo | - |
| 2023 | $489/mo | +5.6% |
| 2024 | $522/mo | +6.7% |
| 2025 | $531/mo | +1.7% |
| 2026 | $510/mo | -4.0% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Arecibo, PR MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $473/mo → 7.8% above market (covers market). Detail: gap analysis for Arecibo, PR Metro Area.
Full near-amount ladder
- Mayagüez, PR Metro Area · $536
- Ponce, PR Metro Area · $538
- Guayama, PR Metro Area · $475
- Aguadilla, PR Metro Area · $564
- 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
Arecibo, PR HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $510/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+10.2% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (7.8% 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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