High-FMR payment standards - Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,747/month - 82nd percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#326 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 18.2% above market ; FMR rows touch Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,748), Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,749), Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA ($1,750) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Erie County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area, San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area, Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA, Saginaw, MI MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area.
UT-state FMR neighbors for Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside UT: Ogden, UT MSA ($1,614); St. George, UT MSA ($1,575); Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT MSA ($1,460); Logan, UT-ID MSA ($1,241) . 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 Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,259/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,456/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,747/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,333/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,666/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Salt Lake City, UT 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 Salt Lake City, UT 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 | $1,259/mo | $1,133/mo | $1,385/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,456/mo | $1,310/mo | $1,602/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,747/mo | $1,572/mo | $1,922/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,333/mo | $2,100/mo | $2,566/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,666/mo | $2,399/mo | $2,933/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,747/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,572–$1,922/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Salt Lake City, UT 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
- $1,747
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -0.1%
- from FY2025 $1,748
- Span change
- +31.7%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,327/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,504/mo | +13.3% |
| 2024 | $1,606/mo | +6.8% |
| 2025 | $1,748/mo | +8.8% |
| 2026 | $1,747/mo | -0.1% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,478/mo → 18.2% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area.
PHAs naming Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area
- Housing Authority of Salt Lake City · 3,176 HCV units
Need the full directory? Browse all HUD PHA records in Utah . The directory does not report current availability or waitlists.
UT agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in UT 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 Provo
- Davis Community Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Utah County
- Housing Authority of the City of Ogden
- Logan City Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of Carbon County
- Weber Housing Authority
- St. George Housing Authority
- Cedar City Housing Authority
- Tooele County Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Broadwater County, MT HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,748
- Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,749
- Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA · $1,750
- Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA · $1,742
- Ithaca, NY MSA · $1,753
- Port St. Lucie, FL MSA · $1,757
- Modesto, CA MSA · $1,758
- Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,735
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA · $1,735
- Springfield, MA MSA · $1,734
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA · $1,732
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,730
What to do with this FMR desk
Salt Lake City, UT HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,747/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+31.7% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Cross-check the 1 PHA record tied to this market against the HUD directory profile. Housing Authority of Salt Lake City
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (18.2% 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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