High-FMR payment standards - Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,730/month - 81st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#320 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 23.5% above market ; FMR rows touch Cannon County, Cheatham County, Davidson County, Dickson County, Robertson County, Rutherford County, Sumner County, Trousdale County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 5 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA ($1,732), Springfield, MA MSA ($1,734), Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,735) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Muncie, IN MSA, Morgantown, WV MSA, Montgomery, AL MSA, Morehouse Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area, Mobile, AL MSA, McHenry County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area.
TN-state FMR neighbors for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside TN: Knoxville, TN HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,471); Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA ($1,390); Clarksville, TN-KY HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,346); Memphis, TN-MS-AR HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,274); Jackson, TN HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,260); Cleveland, TN MSA ($1,233); Morristown, TN HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,135); Johnson City, TN MSA ($1,132) . 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,507/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,578/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,730/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,211/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,696/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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 | $1,507/mo | $1,356/mo | $1,658/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,578/mo | $1,420/mo | $1,736/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,730/mo | $1,557/mo | $1,903/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,211/mo | $1,990/mo | $2,432/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,696/mo | $2,426/mo | $2,966/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,730/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,557–$1,903/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area
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
- $1,730
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -5.3%
- from FY2025 $1,827
- Span change
- +38.1%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,253/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,406/mo | +12.2% |
| 2024 | $1,619/mo | +15.1% |
| 2025 | $1,827/mo | +12.8% |
| 2026 | $1,730/mo | -5.3% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,401/mo → 23.5% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area.
TN agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in TN whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Dickson Housing Authority
- Jackson Housing Authority
- Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority
- Murfreesboro Housing Authority
- East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
- Johnson City Housing Authority
- Tennessee Valley Housing Services
- Crossville Housing Authority
- Dayton Housing Authority
- Maryville Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA · $1,732
- Springfield, MA MSA · $1,734
- Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,735
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA · $1,735
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA · $1,720
- Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA · $1,742
- Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,747
- Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,748
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,711
- Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,749
- Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA · $1,750
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,709
What to do with this FMR desk
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,730/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+38.1% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (23.5% 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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