Lower-FMR payment standards - Guayama, PR Metro Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Guayama, PR MSA is $475/month - 0th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#1 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 19.4% above market .
Low-FMR rung around Guayama, PR Metro Area
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Arecibo, PR Metro Area ($510), Mayagüez, PR Metro Area ($536), Ponce, PR Metro Area ($538) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA, Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area, Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area, Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, Ithaca, NY MSA, Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.
What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Guayama, PR Metro Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $414/mo |
| 1-BR | $418/mo |
| 2-BR | $475/mo |
| 3-BR | $637/mo |
| 4-BR | $639/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Guayama, PR 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 Guayama, PR 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 | $414/mo | $373/mo | $455/mo |
| 1-BR | $418/mo | $376/mo | $460/mo |
| 2-BR | $475/mo | $428/mo | $523/mo |
| 3-BR | $637/mo | $573/mo | $701/mo |
| 4-BR | $639/mo | $575/mo | $703/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Guayama, PR MSA, the HUD reference rent is $475/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $428–$523/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Guayama, PR 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
- $475
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -2.9%
- from FY2025 $489
- Span change
- +10.2%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $431/mo | - |
| 2023 | $456/mo | +5.8% |
| 2024 | $485/mo | +6.4% |
| 2025 | $489/mo | +0.8% |
| 2026 | $475/mo | -2.9% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Guayama, PR MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $398/mo → 19.4% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Guayama, PR Metro Area.
Full near-amount ladder
- Arecibo, PR Metro Area · $510
- Mayagüez, PR Metro Area · $536
- Ponce, PR Metro Area · $538
- Aguadilla, PR Metro Area · $564
- San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area · $663
- Morehouse Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area · $834
- Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area · $869
- Cherokee County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area · $877
- Acadia Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area · $880
- Little River County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area · $880
- Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area · $915
- Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $916
What to do with this FMR desk
Guayama, PR HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $475/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+10.2% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (19.4% 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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