High-FMR payment standards - Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA is $1,787/month - 85th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#336 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 22.3% above market ; FMR rows touch Berkeley County, Charleston County, Dorchester County .
Expensive rung: who shares Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Ansonia town, CT Exception Area ($1,788), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785), Ocean City, NJ MSA ($1,792) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area, Champaign-Urbana, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Benton County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area, Casper, WY MSA, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL MSA, Ashtabula County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA.
SC-state FMR neighbors for Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside SC: Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,816); Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,465); Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,276); Sumter, SC MSA ($1,276); Spartanburg, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,187); Anderson, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,173); Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,098) . 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,557/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,630/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,787/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,222/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,562/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 | $1,557/mo | $1,401/mo | $1,713/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,630/mo | $1,467/mo | $1,793/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,787/mo | $1,608/mo | $1,966/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,222/mo | $2,000/mo | $2,444/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,562/mo | $2,306/mo | $2,818/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,787/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,608–$1,966/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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
- $1,787
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -1.8%
- from FY2025 $1,820
- Span change
- +30.2%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,372/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,533/mo | +11.7% |
| 2024 | $1,599/mo | +4.3% |
| 2025 | $1,820/mo | +13.8% |
| 2026 | $1,787/mo | -1.8% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,461/mo → 22.3% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA.
SC agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in SC 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 N CHARLESTON
- SC STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Spartanburg Housing
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON
- SC REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY NO 1
- THE GREENVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
- CHARLESTON CO HSG & REDEV AUTH
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF MYRTLE BEACH
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF AIKEN
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF GREENWOOD
Full near-amount ladder
- Ansonia town, CT Exception Area · $1,788
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,785
- Ocean City, NJ MSA · $1,792
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,781
- Bellingham, WA MSA · $1,794
- Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,772
- Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,806
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA · $1,810
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,816
- Modesto, CA MSA · $1,758
- Port St. Lucie, FL MSA · $1,757
- Kingston, NY MSA · $1,818
What to do with this FMR desk
Charleston-North Charleston, SC HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,787/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+30.2% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (22.3% 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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