Lower-FMR payment standards - Mayagüez, PR Metro Area

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Mayagüez, PR HUD Metro FMR Area is $536/month - 1st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#3 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 15.8% above market .

Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Mayagüez, PR HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.

Low-FMR rung around Mayagüez, PR Metro Area

Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Ponce, PR Metro Area ($538), Arecibo, PR Metro Area ($510), Aguadilla, PR Metro Area ($564) .

Top-quartile contrast metros: Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area, Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area, Modesto, CA MSA, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.

What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Mayagüez, PR Metro Area?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$467/mo
1-BR$489/mo
2-BR$536/mo
3-BR$689/mo
4-BR$819/mo

ACS median 2-BR rent $463/mo → 15.8% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Mayagüez, PR Metro Area.

Full near-amount ladder

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

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