Lower-FMR payment standards - McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA is $1,060/month - 14th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#58 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 15.0% above market ; FMR rows touch Hidalgo County .
Low-FMR rung around McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Decatur, IL MSA ($1,063), Topeka, KS MSA ($1,057), Elizabethtown, KY HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,056) .
Top-quartile contrast metros: Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area, Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area, Nashua, NH 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.
TX-state FMR neighbors for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside TX: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA ($1,047); Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,095); Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,098); Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA ($1,103); Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,106); Wichita Falls, TX MSA ($1,136); Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($973); Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area ($973) . 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $842/mo |
| 1-BR | $847/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,060/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,376/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,522/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 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 | $842/mo | $758/mo | $926/mo |
| 1-BR | $847/mo | $762/mo | $932/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,060/mo | $954/mo | $1,166/mo |
| 3-BR | $1,376/mo | $1,238/mo | $1,514/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,522/mo | $1,370/mo | $1,674/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,060/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $954–$1,166/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 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
- $1,060
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +6.9%
- from FY2025 $992
- Span change
- +29.7%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $817/mo | - |
| 2023 | $877/mo | +7.3% |
| 2024 | $977/mo | +11.4% |
| 2025 | $992/mo | +1.5% |
| 2026 | $1,060/mo | +6.9% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $922/mo → 15.0% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA.
TX agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in TX whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- McAllen Housing Authority
- City of Mesquite Housing Office
- Housing Authority City of Odessa
- Garland Housing Authority
- Longview Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Lubbock
- Texoma Council of Governments
- Housing Authority of the City of Laredo
- Housing Authority of the City of Galveston
- Housing Authority of the City of Abilene
Full near-amount ladder
- Decatur, IL MSA · $1,063
- Topeka, KS MSA · $1,057
- Elizabethtown, KY HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,056
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,051
- Geary County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,048
- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA · $1,047
- Hattiesburg, MS MSA · $1,047
- Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA · $1,044
- Toledo, OH MSA · $1,076
- Dubuque, IA MSA · $1,077
- Muncie, IN MSA · $1,043
- St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA · $1,077
What to do with this FMR desk
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,060/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+29.7% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (15.0% 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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