High-FMR payment standards - Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,833/month - 87th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#346 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 21.7% above market ; FMR rows touch Cumberland County .

Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 5 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.

Expensive rung: who shares Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier

Near-amount peers: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA ($1,839), Charlottesville, VA MSA ($1,824), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,820) .

For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Ponce, PR Metro Area, Peoria, IL MSA, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Owensboro, KY MSA, Saginaw, MI MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area.

ME-state FMR neighbors for Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area

Closest 2-BR amounts inside ME: Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA ($1,586); Penobscot County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,392) . 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 Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$1,264/mo
1-BR$1,397/mo
2-BR$1,833/mo
3-BR$2,380/mo
4-BR$3,038/mo

Section 8 payment standard range for Cumberland County, ME (part) 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 Cumberland County, ME (part) 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 $1,264/mo $1,138/mo $1,390/mo
1-BR $1,397/mo $1,257/mo $1,537/mo
2-BR $1,833/mo $1,650/mo $2,016/mo
3-BR $2,380/mo $2,142/mo $2,618/mo
4-BR $3,038/mo $2,734/mo $3,342/mo

For a 2-bedroom in Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,833/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,650–$2,016/month before any tenant income share.

ACS median 2-BR rent $1,506/mo → 21.7% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area.

ME agencies near this metro's scale key

Housing authorities in ME whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):

Full near-amount ladder

What to do with this FMR desk

Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,833/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.

  • Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (21.7% 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.

Verify with HUD → · Verify with U.S. Census Bureau → · Set a September HUD update reminder

Source and method. PlainVoucher compiles public HUD and U.S. Census release data into a searchable reference. Release periods and source boundaries are identified on each data surface; PlainVoucher does not determine eligibility, waitlist status, payment standards, or local PHA rules. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-02.