High-FMR payment standards - Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA is $1,852/month - 88th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#348 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 7.9% above market ; FMR rows touch Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Hays County, Travis County, Williamson County .
Expensive rung: who shares Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA ($1,857), Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA ($1,865), Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA ($1,839) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Bay City, MI MSA, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA, Arecibo, PR Metro Area, Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area, Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA, Boone County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA.
TX-state FMR neighbors for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside TX: Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,931); Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,772); Odessa, TX MSA ($1,595); Victoria, TX MSA ($1,442); Aransas County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,407); Sherman-Denison, TX MSA ($1,351); San Angelo, TX MSA ($1,339); Tyler, TX MSA ($1,338) . 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,474/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,562/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,852/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,347/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,760/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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 | $1,474/mo | $1,327/mo | $1,621/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,562/mo | $1,406/mo | $1,718/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,852/mo | $1,667/mo | $2,037/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,347/mo | $2,112/mo | $2,582/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,760/mo | $2,484/mo | $3,036/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,852/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,667–$2,037/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,717/mo → 7.9% above market (covers market). Detail: gap analysis for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA.
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):
- Midland County Housing Authority
- Eagle Pass Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of the City of Brownwood
- Weslaco Housing Authority
- South Plains Regional Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of McKinney
- Weatherford Housing Authority
- Terrell Housing Authority
- Anthony Housing Authority
- San Benito Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA · $1,857
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA · $1,865
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA · $1,839
- Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT MSA · $1,866
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,867
- 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
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA · $1,810
- Warren County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,895
What to do with this FMR desk
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,852/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (7.9% 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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