High-FMR payment standards - Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area is $2,127/month - 94th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#371 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 30.6% above market ; FMR rows touch Hillsborough County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 3 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Boulder, CO MSA ($2,124), Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA ($2,140), Bozeman, MT MSA ($2,154) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Geary County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area, Mansfield, OH MSA, Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Mayagüez, PR Metro Area, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA, Lima, OH MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area.
What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,467/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,673/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,127/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,822/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,001/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Nashua, NH 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 Nashua, NH 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 | $1,467/mo | $1,320/mo | $1,614/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,673/mo | $1,506/mo | $1,840/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,127/mo | $1,914/mo | $2,340/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,822/mo | $2,540/mo | $3,104/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,001/mo | $2,701/mo | $3,301/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $2,127/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,914–$2,340/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,629/mo → 30.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area.
PHAs naming Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area
- Nashua Housing and Redevelopment Authority · 998 HCV units
Need the full directory? Browse all HUD PHA records in New Hampshire . The directory does not report current availability or waitlists.
NH agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in NH whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
Full near-amount ladder
- Boulder, CO MSA · $2,124
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA · $2,140
- Bozeman, MT MSA · $2,154
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA · $2,089
- Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,083
- Vallejo, CA MSA · $2,178
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA · $2,201
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA · $2,031
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,246
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA · $2,004
- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,255
- Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA · $1,986
What to do with this FMR desk
Nashua, NH HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $2,127/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Cross-check the 1 PHA record tied to this market against the HUD directory profile. Nashua Housing and Redevelopment Authority
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (30.6% 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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