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 |
Section 8 payment standard range for Mayagüez, PR 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 Mayagüez, PR 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 | $467/mo | $420/mo | $514/mo |
| 1-BR | $489/mo | $440/mo | $538/mo |
| 2-BR | $536/mo | $482/mo | $590/mo |
| 3-BR | $689/mo | $620/mo | $758/mo |
| 4-BR | $819/mo | $737/mo | $901/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Mayagüez, PR HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $536/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $482–$590/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $463/mo → 15.8% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Mayagüez, PR Metro Area.
Full near-amount ladder
- Ponce, PR Metro Area · $538
- Arecibo, PR Metro Area · $510
- Aguadilla, PR Metro Area · $564
- Guayama, PR Metro Area · $475
- 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
What to do with this FMR desk
Mayagüez, PR HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $536/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (15.8% 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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