High-FMR payment standards - Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,748/month - 83rd percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#327 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 66.0% above market ; FMR rows touch Broadwater County .

Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 3 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.

Expensive rung: who shares Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier

Near-amount peers: Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,749), Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,747), Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA ($1,750) .

For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Hattiesburg, MS MSA, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA, Hammond, LA MSA, Hot Springs, AR MSA, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA, Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area.

MT-state FMR neighbors for Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area

Closest 2-BR amounts inside MT: Billings, MT HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,417); Mineral County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,361); Bozeman, MT MSA ($2,154); Great Falls, MT MSA ($1,284) . 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 Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$1,240/mo
1-BR$1,595/mo
2-BR$1,748/mo
3-BR$2,096/mo
4-BR$2,856/mo

Section 8 payment standard range for Broadwater County, MT 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 Broadwater County, MT 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 $1,240/mo $1,116/mo $1,364/mo
1-BR $1,595/mo $1,436/mo $1,755/mo
2-BR $1,748/mo $1,573/mo $1,923/mo
3-BR $2,096/mo $1,886/mo $2,306/mo
4-BR $2,856/mo $2,570/mo $3,142/mo

For a 2-bedroom in Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,748/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,573–$1,923/month before any tenant income share.

ACS median 2-BR rent $1,053/mo → 66.0% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area.

MT agencies near this metro's scale key

Housing authorities in MT 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

What to do with this FMR desk

Broadwater County, MT HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,748/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.

  • Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (66.0% 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.

Verify with HUD → · Verify with U.S. Census Bureau → · Set a September HUD update reminder

Source and method. PlainVoucher compiles public HUD and U.S. Census release data into a searchable reference. Release periods and source boundaries are identified on each data surface; PlainVoucher does not determine eligibility, waitlist status, payment standards, or local PHA rules. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-02.