High-FMR payment standards - Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA is $1,960/month - 91st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#359 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 22.1% above market ; FMR rows touch Thurston County .
Expensive rung: who shares Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA ($1,961), North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958), New Haven, CT MSA ($1,969) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Owensboro, KY MSA, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Peoria, IL MSA, Muncie, IN MSA, Ponce, PR Metro Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA.
WA-state FMR neighbors for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside WA: Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA ($2,031); Bellingham, WA MSA ($1,794); Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA ($1,720); Walla Walla, WA MSA ($1,550); Kennewick-Richland, WA MSA ($1,538); Spokane, WA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,531); Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA MSA ($1,500); Longview-Kelso, WA MSA ($1,451) . 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,538/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,682/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,960/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,613/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,288/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 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 | $1,538/mo | $1,384/mo | $1,692/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,682/mo | $1,514/mo | $1,850/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,960/mo | $1,764/mo | $2,156/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,613/mo | $2,352/mo | $2,874/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,288/mo | $2,959/mo | $3,617/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,960/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,764–$2,156/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,605/mo → 22.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA.
WA agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in WA whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Auth
- HA City of Renton
- HA Of Grays Harbor County
- HA Of Chelan Co and the City of Wenatchee
- Housing Authority of Skagit County
- Housing Authority of Okanogan County
- HA City of Pasco and Franklin County
- Columbia Gorge Housing Authority
- HA Of Island County
- HA City of Kelso
Full near-amount ladder
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA · $1,961
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA · $1,958
- New Haven, CT MSA · $1,969
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA · $1,950
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA · $1,972
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA · $1,977
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA · $1,979
- Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA · $1,986
- Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,931
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA · $1,922
- Flagstaff, AZ MSA · $1,921
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA · $2,004
What to do with this FMR desk
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,960/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (22.1% 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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