High-FMR payment standards - Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area is $2,601/month - 97th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#385 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 21.5% above market ; FMR rows touch Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Urban Honolulu, HI MSA ($2,642), Salinas, CA MSA ($2,684), San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA ($2,512) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Lima, OH MSA, Geary County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area, Mansfield, OH MSA, Lawton, OK HUD Metro FMR Area, Las Cruces, NM MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area.
CA-state FMR neighbors for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside CA: Salinas, CA MSA ($2,684); San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA ($2,512); Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA ($2,693); Napa, CA MSA ($2,773); Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA ($2,827); San Benito County, CA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,902); Oakland-Fremont, CA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,912); Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,255) . 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,863/mo |
| 1-BR | $2,085/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,601/mo |
| 3-BR | $3,298/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,672/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA 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 | $1,863/mo | $1,677/mo | $2,049/mo |
| 1-BR | $2,085/mo | $1,877/mo | $2,294/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,601/mo | $2,341/mo | $2,861/mo |
| 3-BR | $3,298/mo | $2,968/mo | $3,628/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,672/mo | $3,305/mo | $4,039/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $2,601/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $2,341–$2,861/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $2,140/mo → 21.5% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area.
CA agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in CA whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF VALLEJO
- COUNTY OF BUTTE HSG AUTH
- Housing Authority of the City of Garden Grove
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF MARIN
- Housing Authority of the County of Ventura
- BERKELEY HOUSING AUTHORITY
- CITY OF ALAMEDA HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Regional Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura
- Housing Authority of the City of San Luis Obispo
Full near-amount ladder
- Urban Honolulu, HI MSA · $2,642
- Salinas, CA MSA · $2,684
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA · $2,512
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA · $2,511
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA · $2,693
- Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,501
- Kalawao County, HI HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,492
- Napa, CA MSA · $2,773
- Barnstable Town, MA MSA · $2,422
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA · $2,827
- Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,333
- Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,324
What to do with this FMR desk
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $2,601/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (21.5% 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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