High-FMR payment standards - Ithaca, NY MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Ithaca, NY MSA is $1,753/month - 83rd percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#330 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 17.1% above market ; FMR rows touch Tompkins County .
Expensive rung: who shares Ithaca, NY MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA ($1,750), Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,749), Port St. Lucie, FL MSA ($1,757) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Baker County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HUD Metro FMR Area, Callaway County, MO HUD Metro FMR Area, Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA, Johnson City, TN MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Ithaca, NY MSA.
NY-state FMR neighbors for Ithaca, NY MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside NY: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA ($1,702); Kingston, NY MSA ($1,818); Rochester, NY MSA ($1,573); Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA ($1,979); Watertown-Fort Drum, NY MSA ($1,405); Syracuse, NY MSA ($1,392); Glens Falls, NY MSA ($1,348); Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY MSA ($1,343) . 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 Ithaca, NY MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,263/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,466/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,753/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,102/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,624/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Ithaca, NY 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 Ithaca, NY 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 | $1,263/mo | $1,137/mo | $1,389/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,466/mo | $1,319/mo | $1,613/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,753/mo | $1,578/mo | $1,928/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,102/mo | $1,892/mo | $2,312/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,624/mo | $2,362/mo | $2,886/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Ithaca, NY MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,753/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,578–$1,928/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Ithaca, NY 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
- $1,753
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +3.0%
- from FY2025 $1,702
- Span change
- +28.4%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,365/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,487/mo | +8.9% |
| 2024 | $1,664/mo | +11.9% |
| 2025 | $1,702/mo | +2.3% |
| 2026 | $1,753/mo | +3.0% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Ithaca, NY MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,497/mo → 17.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Ithaca, NY MSA.
PHAs naming Ithaca, NY MSA
- Ithaca Housing Authority · 1,152 HCV units
Need the full directory? Browse all HUD PHA records in New York . The directory does not report current availability or waitlists.
NY agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in NY 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
- Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA · $1,750
- Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,749
- Port St. Lucie, FL MSA · $1,757
- Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,748
- Modesto, CA MSA · $1,758
- Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,747
- Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA · $1,742
- Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,735
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA · $1,735
- Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,772
- Springfield, MA MSA · $1,734
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA · $1,732
What to do with this FMR desk
Ithaca, NY HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,753/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+28.4% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Cross-check the 1 PHA record tied to this market against the HUD directory profile. Ithaca Housing Authority
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (17.1% 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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