High-FMR payment standards - Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA is $1,961/month - 91st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#360 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 31.1% above market ; FMR rows touch Lee County .
Expensive rung: who shares Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA ($1,960), North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958), New Haven, CT MSA ($1,969) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Canton-Massillon, OH MSA, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL MSA, Casper, WY MSA, Benton County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area, Champaign-Urbana, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA.
FL-state FMR neighbors for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside FL: North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958); Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA ($1,972); Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA ($1,977); Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA ($1,986); Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,806); Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785); Port St. Lucie, FL MSA ($1,757); Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA ($1,709) . 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,629/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,638/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,961/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,560/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,836/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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 | $1,629/mo | $1,466/mo | $1,792/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,638/mo | $1,474/mo | $1,802/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,961/mo | $1,765/mo | $2,157/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,560/mo | $2,304/mo | $2,816/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,836/mo | $2,552/mo | $3,120/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,961/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,765–$2,157/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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
- $1,961
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +6.4%
- from FY2025 $1,843
- Span change
- +59.3%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,231/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,451/mo | +17.9% |
| 2024 | $1,677/mo | +15.6% |
| 2025 | $1,843/mo | +9.9% |
| 2026 | $1,961/mo | +6.4% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,496/mo → 31.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA.
FL agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in FL whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND
- Pasco County Housing Authority
- Ocala Housing Authority
- CLEARWATER HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Housing Authority of City of Daytona Beach
- Gainesville Housing Authority
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HOMESTEAD
- Orange County Housing & Community Development
- MANATEE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA · $1,960
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA · $1,958
- New Haven, CT MSA · $1,969
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA · $1,972
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA · $1,950
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA · $1,977
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA · $1,979
- Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA · $1,986
- Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,931
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA · $1,922
- Flagstaff, AZ MSA · $1,921
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA · $2,004
What to do with this FMR desk
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,961/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+59.3% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (31.1% 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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