High-FMR payment standards - Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,785/month - 85th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#335 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 29.9% above market ; FMR rows touch Okaloosa County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA ($1,787), Ansonia town, CT Exception Area ($1,788), Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,781) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Murray County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area, Decatur, AL MSA, Decatur, IL MSA, Columbus, GA-AL HUD Metro FMR Area, Dothan, AL HUD Metro FMR Area, Dubuque, IA MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area.
FL-state FMR neighbors for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside FL: Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,806); Port St. Lucie, FL MSA ($1,757); Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA ($1,709); Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,682); North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958); Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA ($1,961); Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA ($1,604); Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA ($1,972) . 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,362/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,581/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,785/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,448/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,979/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 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 | $1,362/mo | $1,226/mo | $1,498/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,581/mo | $1,423/mo | $1,739/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,785/mo | $1,607/mo | $1,964/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,448/mo | $2,203/mo | $2,693/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,979/mo | $2,681/mo | $3,277/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,785/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,607–$1,964/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
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
- $1,785
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +13.6%
- from FY2025 $1,571
- Span change
- +52.3%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,172/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,314/mo | +12.1% |
| 2024 | $1,526/mo | +16.1% |
| 2025 | $1,571/mo | +2.9% |
| 2026 | $1,785/mo | +13.6% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,374/mo → 29.9% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area.
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 BREVARD COUNTY
- SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHORITY
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HOMESTEAD
- Gainesville Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of City of Daytona Beach
- Pasco County Housing Authority
- City of Pensacola Housing Division
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND
- Tallahassee Housing Authority
- Ocala Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA · $1,787
- Ansonia town, CT Exception Area · $1,788
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,781
- Ocean City, NJ MSA · $1,792
- 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
- Modesto, CA MSA · $1,758
- Port St. Lucie, FL MSA · $1,757
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,816
- Ithaca, NY MSA · $1,753
What to do with this FMR desk
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,785/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+52.3% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (29.9% 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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