High-FMR payment standards - Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA is $1,709/month - 80th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#317 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 23.7% above market ; FMR rows touch Brevard County .
Expensive rung: who shares Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,709), Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,711), Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA ($1,702) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Owensboro, KY MSA, Peoria, IL MSA, Ponce, PR Metro Area, Muncie, IN MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA.
FL-state FMR neighbors for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside FL: Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,682); Port St. Lucie, FL MSA ($1,757); Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785); Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,806); Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA ($1,604); Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA ($1,497); Gainesville, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,493); Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA ($1,471) . 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,266/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,478/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,709/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,330/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,645/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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 | $1,266/mo | $1,139/mo | $1,393/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,478/mo | $1,330/mo | $1,626/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,709/mo | $1,538/mo | $1,880/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,330/mo | $2,097/mo | $2,563/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,645/mo | $2,381/mo | $2,910/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,709/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,538–$1,880/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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
- $1,709
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +4.5%
- from FY2025 $1,635
- Span change
- +42.9%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,196/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,375/mo | +15.0% |
| 2024 | $1,434/mo | +4.3% |
| 2025 | $1,635/mo | +14.0% |
| 2026 | $1,709/mo | +4.5% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,382/mo → 23.7% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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):
- CLEARWATER HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Ocala Housing Authority
- Orange County Housing & Community Development
- MANATEE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority
- DELRAY BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Alachua County
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF POMPANO BEACH
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND
- Pasco County Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,709
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,711
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA · $1,702
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA · $1,720
- Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA · $1,688
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,730
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA · $1,732
- Santa Fe, NM MSA · $1,685
- Springfield, MA MSA · $1,734
- Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,735
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA · $1,735
- Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,682
What to do with this FMR desk
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,709/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+42.9% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (23.7% 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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