Lower-FMR payment standards - Mansfield, OH MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Mansfield, OH MSA is $973/month - 6th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#26 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 26.5% above market ; FMR rows touch Richland County .
Low-FMR rung around Mansfield, OH MSA
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($973), Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($973), Eagle Pass, TX MSA ($973) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.
OH-state FMR neighbors for Mansfield, OH MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside OH: Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA ($973); Ashtabula County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,037); Toledo, OH MSA ($1,076); Canton-Massillon, OH MSA ($1,086); Erie County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,106); Springfield, OH MSA ($1,106); Lima, OH MSA ($1,108); Akron, OH MSA ($1,268) . 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 Mansfield, OH MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $671/mo |
| 1-BR | $773/mo |
| 2-BR | $973/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,315/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,530/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Mansfield, OH 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 Mansfield, OH 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 | $671/mo | $604/mo | $738/mo |
| 1-BR | $773/mo | $696/mo | $850/mo |
| 2-BR | $973/mo | $876/mo | $1,070/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,315/mo | $1,184/mo | $1,447/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,530/mo | $1,377/mo | $1,683/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Mansfield, OH MSA, the HUD reference rent is $973/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $876–$1,070/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Mansfield, OH 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
- $973
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +5.3%
- from FY2025 $924
- Span change
- +31.8%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $738/mo | - |
| 2023 | $794/mo | +7.6% |
| 2024 | $860/mo | +8.3% |
| 2025 | $924/mo | +7.4% |
| 2026 | $973/mo | +5.3% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Mansfield, OH MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $769/mo → 26.5% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Mansfield, OH MSA.
PHAs naming Mansfield, OH MSA
- Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority · 1,911 HCV units
Need the full directory? Browse all HUD PHA records in Ohio . The directory does not report current availability or waitlists.
OH agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in OH whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Knox Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Parma Public Housing Agency
- Cambridge Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Jefferson Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Warren Metropolitian Housing Authority
- Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Medina Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Hancock Metropolitian Housing Authority
- Pickaway Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Marion Metropolitan Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $973
- Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $973
- Eagle Pass, TX MSA · $973
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HUD Metro FMR Area · $973
- Rock County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area · $973
- Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA · $973
- Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA · $973
- Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $969
- Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA · $962
- Decatur, AL MSA · $961
- Davidson County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area · $960
- Benton County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area · $956
What to do with this FMR desk
Mansfield, OH HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $973/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+31.8% 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. Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (26.5% 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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