Lower-FMR payment standards - Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,098/month - 19th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#77 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 17.6% below market ; FMR rows touch Atascosa County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 4 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Low-FMR rung around Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,098), Hammond, LA MSA ($1,099), Morgantown, WV MSA ($1,099) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA MSA, Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area, Oakland-Fremont, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, Salinas, CA MSA, San Benito County, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.
TX-state FMR neighbors for Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside TX: Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,095); Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA ($1,103); Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,106); McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA ($1,060); Wichita Falls, TX MSA ($1,136); Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA ($1,047); Laredo, TX MSA ($1,161); College Station-Bryan, TX MSA ($1,186) . 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 Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $831/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,002/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,098/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,435/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,454/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Atascosa County, TX 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 Atascosa County, TX 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 | $831/mo | $748/mo | $914/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,002/mo | $902/mo | $1,102/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,098/mo | $988/mo | $1,208/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,435/mo | $1,292/mo | $1,579/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,454/mo | $1,309/mo | $1,599/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,098/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $988–$1,208/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,332/mo → 17.6% below market (short). Detail: gap analysis for Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area.
TX agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in TX whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Wichita Falls Housing Assistance Program
- Pharr Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Plano
- Tyler Housing Agency
- Cameron County Housing Authority
- Del Rio Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Texarkana
- Housing Authority of the City of Texas City
- Edinburg Housing Authority
- Housing Authority City of Orange
Full near-amount ladder
- Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,098
- Hammond, LA MSA · $1,099
- Morgantown, WV MSA · $1,099
- Wichita, KS HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,099
- Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,095
- Greenville, NC MSA · $1,095
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA · $1,095
- Springfield, MO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,095
- Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,094
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA · $1,102
- Terre Haute, IN HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,094
- Baker County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,103
What to do with this FMR desk
Atascosa County, TX HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,098/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (17.6% below 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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