High-FMR payment standards - Charlottesville, VA MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Charlottesville, VA MSA is $1,824/month - 87th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#345 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 19.1% above market ; FMR rows touch Albemarle County, Charlottesville city, Fluvanna County, Greene County, Nelson County .
Expensive rung: who shares Charlottesville, VA MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,820), Kingston, NY MSA ($1,818), Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,816) .
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, Ashtabula County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area, Casper, WY MSA, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Charlottesville, VA MSA.
VA-state FMR neighbors for Charlottesville, VA MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside VA: Richmond, VA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,655); Winchester, VA-WV MSA ($1,573); Harrisonburg, VA MSA ($1,322); Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA MSA ($1,261); Roanoke, VA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,254); Lynchburg, VA MSA ($1,187); Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,094) . 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 Charlottesville, VA MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,421/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,602/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,824/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,218/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,731/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Charlottesville, VA 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 Charlottesville, VA 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 | $1,421/mo | $1,279/mo | $1,563/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,602/mo | $1,442/mo | $1,762/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,824/mo | $1,642/mo | $2,006/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,218/mo | $1,996/mo | $2,440/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,731/mo | $2,458/mo | $3,004/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Charlottesville, VA MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,824/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,642–$2,006/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Charlottesville, VA 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
- $1,824
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +5.5%
- from FY2025 $1,729
- Span change
- +44.3%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,264/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,401/mo | +10.8% |
| 2024 | $1,678/mo | +19.8% |
| 2025 | $1,729/mo | +3.0% |
| 2026 | $1,824/mo | +5.5% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Charlottesville, VA MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,532/mo → 19.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Charlottesville, VA MSA.
PHAs naming Charlottesville, VA MSA
- Charlottesville Redev & Housing Authority · 677 HCV units
Need the full directory? Browse all HUD PHA records in Virginia . The directory does not report current availability or waitlists.
VA agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in VA whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Norton Redevelopment & Housing Authority
- Abingdon Redevelopment and Housing Authority
- Buckingham Housing Development Corp. Inc.
- Covington Redevelopment & Housing Authority
- Wytheville Redev. & Housing Authority
- Big Stone Gap Redevelopment and Housing Auth.
- People Inc. of Southwest Virginia
- James City County Office of Housing
- Cumberland Plateau Regional Housing Authority
- Williamsburg Redevelopment & Housing Auth.
Full near-amount ladder
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,820
- Kingston, NY MSA · $1,818
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,816
- Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,833
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA · $1,810
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA · $1,839
- Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,806
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA · $1,852
- Bellingham, WA MSA · $1,794
- Ocean City, NJ MSA · $1,792
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA · $1,857
- Ansonia town, CT Exception Area · $1,788
What to do with this FMR desk
Charlottesville, VA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,824/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+44.3% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Cross-check the 1 PHA record tied to this market against the HUD directory profile. Charlottesville Redev & Housing Authority
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (19.1% 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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