High-FMR payment standards - Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA is $1,972/month - 91st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#362 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 21.4% above market ; FMR rows touch Lake County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County .
Expensive rung: who shares Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: New Haven, CT MSA ($1,969), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA ($1,977), Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA ($1,979) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Owensboro, KY MSA, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Peoria, IL MSA, Ponce, PR Metro Area, Muncie, IN MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA.
FL-state FMR neighbors for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside FL: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA ($1,977); Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA ($1,961); Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA ($1,986); North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958); Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,806); Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785); Port St. Lucie, FL MSA ($1,757); Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA ($1,709) . 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,650/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,731/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,972/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,476/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,924/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 | $1,650/mo | $1,485/mo | $1,815/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,731/mo | $1,558/mo | $1,904/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,972/mo | $1,775/mo | $2,169/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,476/mo | $2,228/mo | $2,724/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,924/mo | $2,632/mo | $3,216/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,972/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,775–$2,169/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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
- $1,972
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +0.7%
- from FY2025 $1,958
- Span change
- +38.7%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,422/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,616/mo | +13.6% |
| 2024 | $1,857/mo | +14.9% |
| 2025 | $1,958/mo | +5.4% |
| 2026 | $1,972/mo | +0.7% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,624/mo → 21.4% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA.
FL agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in FL whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE
- HA BOCA RATON
- Panama City Housing Authority
- Hollywood Housing Authority
- DANIA BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY
- DeLand Housing Authority
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH
- Lake County Housing Agency
Full near-amount ladder
- New Haven, CT MSA · $1,969
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA · $1,977
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA · $1,979
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA · $1,961
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA · $1,960
- Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA · $1,986
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA · $1,958
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA · $1,950
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA · $2,004
- Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,931
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA · $1,922
- Flagstaff, AZ MSA · $1,921
What to do with this FMR desk
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,972/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+38.7% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (21.4% 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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