Lower-FMR payment standards - Ponce, PR Metro Area

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Ponce, PR HUD Metro FMR Area is $538/month - 1st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#4 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 20.1% above market .

Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Ponce, PR HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.

Low-FMR rung around Ponce, PR Metro Area

Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Mayagüez, PR Metro Area ($536), Aguadilla, PR Metro Area ($564), Arecibo, PR Metro Area ($510) .

Top-quartile contrast metros: Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA, Port St. Lucie, FL MSA, Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area, Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.

What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Ponce, PR Metro Area?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$469/mo
1-BR$491/mo
2-BR$538/mo
3-BR$748/mo
4-BR$844/mo

ACS median 2-BR rent $448/mo → 20.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Ponce, PR Metro Area.

Full near-amount ladder

Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rent (FY2026) ; Census ACS median gross rent. Confirm the live PHA figure before leasing. Methodology.

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