High-FMR payment standards - Port St. Lucie, FL MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Port St. Lucie, FL MSA is $1,757/month - 84th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#331 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 23.6% above market ; FMR rows touch Martin County, St. Lucie County .
Expensive rung: who shares Port St. Lucie, FL MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Modesto, CA MSA ($1,758), Ithaca, NY MSA ($1,753), Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA ($1,750) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Ponce, PR Metro Area, Peoria, IL MSA, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Owensboro, KY MSA, Saginaw, MI MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Port St. Lucie, FL MSA.
FL-state FMR neighbors for Port St. Lucie, FL MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside FL: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785); Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA ($1,709); Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,806); Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,682); Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA ($1,604); North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958); Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA ($1,961); Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA ($1,972) . 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 Port St. Lucie, FL MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,455/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,467/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,757/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,421/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,579/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie, 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 | $1,455/mo | $1,310/mo | $1,601/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,467/mo | $1,320/mo | $1,614/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,757/mo | $1,581/mo | $1,933/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,421/mo | $2,179/mo | $2,663/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,579/mo | $2,321/mo | $2,837/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Port St. Lucie, FL MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,757/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,581–$1,933/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Port St. Lucie, 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
- $1,757
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +8.2%
- from FY2025 $1,624
- Span change
- +37.8%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,275/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,458/mo | +14.4% |
| 2024 | $1,573/mo | +7.9% |
| 2025 | $1,624/mo | +3.2% |
| 2026 | $1,757/mo | +8.2% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Port St. Lucie, FL MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,421/mo → 23.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Port St. Lucie, 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):
- DANIA BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH
- Lake County Housing Agency
- Seminole County Housing Authority
- Collier County Housing Authority
- Panama City Housing Authority
- HA BOCA RATON
- Housing Authority of New Smyrna Beach
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE
- Housing Authority of Springfield
Full near-amount ladder
- Modesto, CA MSA · $1,758
- Ithaca, NY MSA · $1,753
- Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA · $1,750
- Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,749
- Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,748
- Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,747
- Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,772
- Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA · $1,742
- Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,735
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA · $1,735
- Springfield, MA MSA · $1,734
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,781
What to do with this FMR desk
Port St. Lucie, FL HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,757/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+37.8% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (23.6% 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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