High-FMR payment standards - Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA is $1,839/month - 88th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#347 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 18.3% above market ; FMR rows touch Maricopa County, Pinal County .
Expensive rung: who shares Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,833), Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA ($1,852), Charlottesville, VA MSA ($1,824) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Peoria, IL MSA, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Ponce, PR Metro Area, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Owensboro, KY MSA, Saginaw, MI MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA.
AZ-state FMR neighbors for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside AZ: Flagstaff, AZ MSA ($1,921); Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA ($1,637); Tucson, AZ MSA ($1,402); Yuma, AZ MSA ($1,382); Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ MSA ($1,365); Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ MSA ($1,257) . 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,457/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,583/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,839/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,452/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,720/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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 | $1,457/mo | $1,311/mo | $1,603/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,583/mo | $1,425/mo | $1,741/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,839/mo | $1,655/mo | $2,023/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,452/mo | $2,207/mo | $2,697/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,720/mo | $2,448/mo | $2,992/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,839/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,655–$2,023/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,555/mo → 18.3% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA.
AZ agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in AZ whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- City of Mesa Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Maricopa County
- Yuma City Housing Authority
- Tempe Housing Authority
- City of Glendale Housing Authority
- Pima County Housing Authority
- Pinal County Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Cochise County
- Scottsdale Housing Agency
- Mohave County Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,833
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA · $1,852
- Charlottesville, VA MSA · $1,824
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA · $1,857
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,820
- Kingston, NY MSA · $1,818
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,816
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA · $1,865
- Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT MSA · $1,866
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,867
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA · $1,810
- Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,806
What to do with this FMR desk
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,839/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (18.3% 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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