High-FMR payment standards - Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA is $2,031/month - 93rd percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#367 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 18.1% above market ; FMR rows touch Kitsap County .
Expensive rung: who shares Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA ($2,004), Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA ($1,986), Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,083) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Allen County, KY HUD Metro FMR Area, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA, Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area, Binghamton, NY MSA, Canton-Massillon, OH MSA, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA.
WA-state FMR neighbors for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside WA: Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA ($1,960); Bellingham, WA MSA ($1,794); Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA ($1,720); Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,501); Walla Walla, WA MSA ($1,550); Kennewick-Richland, WA MSA ($1,538); Spokane, WA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,531); Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA MSA ($1,500) . 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 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,400/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,548/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,031/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,676/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,941/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA 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 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA 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 | $1,400/mo | $1,260/mo | $1,540/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,548/mo | $1,393/mo | $1,703/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,031/mo | $1,828/mo | $2,234/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,676/mo | $2,408/mo | $2,944/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,941/mo | $2,647/mo | $3,235/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA, the HUD reference rent is $2,031/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,828–$2,234/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,719/mo → 18.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA.
WA agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in WA whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
Full near-amount ladder
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA · $2,004
- Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA · $1,986
- Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,083
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA · $1,979
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA · $1,977
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA · $2,089
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA · $1,972
- New Haven, CT MSA · $1,969
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA · $1,961
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA · $1,960
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA · $1,958
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA · $1,950
What to do with this FMR desk
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $2,031/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (18.1% 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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