Lower-FMR payment standards - Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,094/month - 17th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#70 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 7.0% above market ; FMR rows touch Floyd County .

Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 4 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.

Low-FMR rung around Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area

Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Terre Haute, IN HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,094), Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,095), Greenville, NC MSA ($1,095) .

Top-quartile contrast metros: Boise City, ID HUD Metro FMR Area, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area, Boulder, CO MSA, Bellingham, WA MSA, Bozeman, MT MSA, Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.

VA-state FMR neighbors for Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area

Closest 2-BR amounts inside VA: Lynchburg, VA MSA ($1,187); Roanoke, VA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,254); Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA MSA ($1,261); Harrisonburg, VA MSA ($1,322); Winchester, VA-WV MSA ($1,573); Richmond, VA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,655); Charlottesville, VA MSA ($1,824) . 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 Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$830/mo
1-BR$834/mo
2-BR$1,094/mo
3-BR$1,312/mo
4-BR$1,448/mo

Section 8 payment standard range for Floyd County, VA 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 Floyd County, VA 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 $830/mo $747/mo $913/mo
1-BR $834/mo $751/mo $917/mo
2-BR $1,094/mo $985/mo $1,203/mo
3-BR $1,312/mo $1,181/mo $1,443/mo
4-BR $1,448/mo $1,303/mo $1,593/mo

For a 2-bedroom in Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,094/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $985–$1,203/month before any tenant income share.

ACS median 2-BR rent $1,022/mo → 7.0% above market (covers market). Detail: gap analysis for Floyd County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area.

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):

Full near-amount ladder

What to do with this FMR desk

Floyd County, VA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,094/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.

  • Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (7.0% 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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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.