Lower-FMR payment standards - San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for San Juan-Guaynabo, PR HUD Metro FMR Area is $663/month - 1st percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#6 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 21.6% above market .

Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 4 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for San Juan-Guaynabo, PR HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.

Low-FMR rung around San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area

Among the lower published 2-BR amounts nationally. Closest: Aguadilla, PR Metro Area ($564), Ponce, PR Metro Area ($538), Mayagüez, PR Metro Area ($536) .

Top-quartile contrast metros: San Benito County, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA, Oakland-Fremont, CA HUD Metro FMR Area, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA MSA, Santa Fe, NM MSA, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA - use only for national scale, not local negotiation.

What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$559/mo
1-BR$572/mo
2-BR$663/mo
3-BR$868/mo
4-BR$1,046/mo

ACS median 2-BR rent $545/mo → 21.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, 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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