High-FMR payment standards - Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,867/month - 89th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#352 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 34.5% above market ; FMR rows touch Atlantic County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT MSA ($1,866), Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA ($1,865), Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA ($1,857) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Arecibo, PR Metro Area, Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA, Bay City, MI MSA, Boone County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area, Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area.
NJ-state FMR neighbors for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside NJ: Warren County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,895); Ocean City, NJ MSA ($1,792); Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA ($1,950); Vineland, NJ MSA ($1,673); Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,324) . 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,346/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,537/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,867/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,586/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,851/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 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 | $1,346/mo | $1,211/mo | $1,481/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,537/mo | $1,383/mo | $1,691/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,867/mo | $1,680/mo | $2,054/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,586/mo | $2,327/mo | $2,845/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,851/mo | $2,566/mo | $3,136/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,867/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,680–$2,054/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,388/mo → 34.5% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area.
NJ agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in NJ whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Sayreville Housing Authority
- Union Township Housing Authority
- Somerville Housing Authority
- Guttenberg Housing Authority
- Bridgeton Housing Authority
- Collaborative Support Programs of NJ
- Old Bridge Housing Authority
- Phillipsburg Housing Authority
- Millville Housing Authority
- Community Enterprises Corporation
Full near-amount ladder
- Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT MSA · $1,866
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA · $1,865
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA · $1,857
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA · $1,852
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA · $1,839
- Warren County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,895
- Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,833
- Charlottesville, VA MSA · $1,824
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,820
- Kingston, NY MSA · $1,818
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,816
- Flagstaff, AZ MSA · $1,921
What to do with this FMR desk
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,867/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (34.5% 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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