High-FMR payment standards - Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,711/month - 80th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#318 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 23.7% above market ; FMR rows touch Chatham County, Durham County, Orange 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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,709), Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA ($1,709), Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA ($1,702) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Eagle Pass, TX MSA, Dubuque, IA MSA, Dothan, AL HUD Metro FMR Area, Elizabethtown, KY HUD Metro FMR Area, Enid, OK MSA, Decatur, IL MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area.
NC-state FMR neighbors for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside NC: Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA ($1,750); Asheville, NC MSA ($1,567); Brunswick County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,426); Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC MSA ($1,358); Burlington, NC MSA ($1,348); Greensboro-High Point, NC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,330); Camden County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,287); Fayetteville, NC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,251) . 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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,417/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,507/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,711/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,117/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,527/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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 | $1,417/mo | $1,275/mo | $1,559/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,507/mo | $1,356/mo | $1,658/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,711/mo | $1,540/mo | $1,882/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,117/mo | $1,905/mo | $2,329/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,527/mo | $2,274/mo | $2,780/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,711/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,540–$1,882/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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
- $1,711
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -8.6%
- from FY2025 $1,872
- Span change
- +42.7%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,199/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,315/mo | +9.7% |
| 2024 | $1,631/mo | +24.0% |
| 2025 | $1,872/mo | +14.8% |
| 2026 | $1,711/mo | -8.6% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,383/mo → 23.7% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area.
NC agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in NC whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Isothermal Planning & Development Commission
- Economic Improvement Council, Inc.
- Mountain Projects, Inc.
- Gastonia Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of the Town of Laurinburg
- The Graham Housing Authority
- Twin Rivers Opportunities, Inc.
- North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
- Sanford Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of the City of Greenville
Full near-amount ladder
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,709
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA · $1,709
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA · $1,702
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA · $1,720
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,730
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA · $1,732
- Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA · $1,688
- Springfield, MA MSA · $1,734
- Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,735
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA · $1,735
- Santa Fe, NM MSA · $1,685
- Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,682
What to do with this FMR desk
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,711/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+42.7% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (23.7% 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.
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