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 |
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
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rent (FY2026) ; Census ACS median gross rent. Confirm the live PHA figure before leasing. Methodology.
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