High-FMR payment standards - Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area is $2,255/month - 95th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#377 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 31.7% above market ; FMR rows touch El Dorado County, Placer County, Sacramento County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,246), Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA ($2,201), Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,324) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Saginaw, MI MSA, St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA, Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Erie County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area, San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area.
CA-state FMR neighbors for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside CA: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA ($2,201); Vallejo, CA MSA ($2,178); San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA ($2,512); Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,601); Salinas, CA MSA ($2,684); Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA ($2,693); Modesto, CA MSA ($1,758); Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA ($1,742) . 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 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,748/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,832/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,255/mo |
| 3-BR | $3,002/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,460/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
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 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area; 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 | $1,748/mo | $1,573/mo | $1,923/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,832/mo | $1,649/mo | $2,015/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,255/mo | $2,030/mo | $2,481/mo |
| 3-BR | $3,002/mo | $2,702/mo | $3,302/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,460/mo | $3,114/mo | $3,806/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $2,255/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $2,030–$2,481/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
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
- $2,255
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +2.2%
- from FY2025 $2,206
- Span change
- +46.1%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,543/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,756/mo | +13.8% |
| 2024 | $2,072/mo | +18.0% |
| 2025 | $2,206/mo | +6.5% |
| 2026 | $2,255/mo | +2.2% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,712/mo → 31.7% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area.
CA agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in CA 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 the City of Encinitas
- Housing Authority of the City of Hawaiian Gardens
- Housing Authority of the City of Calexico
- Lake County Housing Commission
- Needles Housing Authority
- SUISUN CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Housing Authority of the City of Port Hueneme
- City of Sacramento Housing Authority
- City of South San Francisco Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of the City of Eureka
Full near-amount ladder
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,246
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA · $2,201
- Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,324
- Vallejo, CA MSA · $2,178
- Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,333
- Bozeman, MT MSA · $2,154
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA · $2,140
- Nashua, NH HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,127
- Boulder, CO MSA · $2,124
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA · $2,089
- Barnstable Town, MA MSA · $2,422
- Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,083
What to do with this FMR desk
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $2,255/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+46.1% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (31.7% 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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