Lower-FMR payment standards - Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA is $1,047/month - 13th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#52 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 21.0% above market ; FMR rows touch Cameron County .
Low-FMR rung around Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Hattiesburg, MS MSA ($1,047), Geary County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,048), Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA ($1,044) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA, Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA, Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA, Bozeman, MT MSA, Boulder, CO MSA, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.
TX-state FMR neighbors for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside TX: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA ($1,060); Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,095); Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,098); Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA ($1,103); Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,106); Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($973); Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($973); Eagle Pass, TX MSA ($973) . 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $773/mo |
| 1-BR | $866/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,047/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,414/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,479/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Brownsville-Harlingen, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, 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 | $773/mo | $696/mo | $850/mo |
| 1-BR | $866/mo | $779/mo | $953/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,047/mo | $942/mo | $1,152/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,414/mo | $1,273/mo | $1,555/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,479/mo | $1,331/mo | $1,627/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,047/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $942–$1,152/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
Published two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for this HUD area across FY2022-2026. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent fiscal years only. This is a historical HUD reference-rent series, not a PHA payment standard, unit quote, availability, eligibility, or waitlist result.
- Latest 2-BR
- $1,047
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +10.4%
- from FY2025 $948
- Span change
- +30.4%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $803/mo | - |
| 2023 | $893/mo | +11.2% |
| 2024 | $965/mo | +8.1% |
| 2025 | $948/mo | -1.8% |
| 2026 | $1,047/mo | +10.4% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $865/mo → 21.0% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Brownsville-Harlingen, 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):
- Housing Authority City of Orange
- Housing Authority of the City of Baytown
- Housing Authority of the City of Texas City
- Harlingen Housing Authority
- Del Rio Housing Authority
- Mission Housing Authority
- Greenville Housing Authority
- Pharr Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Travis County
- Hidalgo County Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Hattiesburg, MS MSA · $1,047
- Geary County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,048
- Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA · $1,044
- Muncie, IN MSA · $1,043
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,051
- Callaway County, MO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,042
- Las Cruces, NM MSA · $1,042
- Jonesboro, AR HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,040
- Peoria, IL MSA · $1,039
- Elizabethtown, KY HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,056
- Ashtabula County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,037
- Topeka, KS MSA · $1,057
What to do with this FMR desk
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,047/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+30.4% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (21.0% 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.
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