High-FMR payment standards - Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA is $1,637/month - 77th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#304 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 28.0% above market ; FMR rows touch Yavapai County .
Expensive rung: who shares Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,631), Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,626), Chico, CA MSA ($1,625) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Ponce, PR Metro Area, Peoria, IL MSA, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Saginaw, MI MSA, St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA.
AZ-state FMR neighbors for Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside AZ: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA ($1,839); Tucson, AZ MSA ($1,402); Yuma, AZ MSA ($1,382); Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ MSA ($1,365); Flagstaff, AZ MSA ($1,921); 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,129/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,309/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,637/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,277/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,497/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Prescott Valley-Prescott, 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, 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 | $1,129/mo | $1,016/mo | $1,242/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,309/mo | $1,178/mo | $1,440/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,637/mo | $1,473/mo | $1,801/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,277/mo | $2,049/mo | $2,505/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,497/mo | $2,247/mo | $2,747/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,637/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,473–$1,801/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA
Published two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for this HUD area across FY2023-2026. 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
- $1,637
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +1.9%
- from FY2025 $1,606
- Span change
- +27.8%
- FY2023-2026
- Years shown
- 4
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,281/mo | - |
| 2024 | $1,403/mo | +9.5% |
| 2025 | $1,606/mo | +14.5% |
| 2026 | $1,637/mo | +1.9% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA, FY2023-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,279/mo → 28.0% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Prescott Valley-Prescott, 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):
- Housing Authority of Cochise County
- Pinal County Housing Authority
- Scottsdale Housing Agency
- Pima County Housing Authority
- Mohave County Housing Authority
- Flagstaff Housing Authority
- City of Glendale Housing Authority
- Chandler Housing & Redevelopment Division
- Tempe Housing Authority
- Yuma County Housing Department
Full near-amount ladder
- Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,631
- Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,626
- Chico, CA MSA · $1,625
- Corvallis, OR MSA · $1,622
- Boise City, ID HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,655
- Richmond, VA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,655
- Ann Arbor, MI MSA · $1,656
- Ogden, UT MSA · $1,614
- Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,664
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA · $1,604
- Vineland, NJ MSA · $1,673
- Fairbanks-College, AK MSA · $1,676
What to do with this FMR desk
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,637/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2023-2026 filing trail (+27.8% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (28.0% 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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