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 |
Section 8 payment standard range for San Juan-Guaynabo, PR 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 San Juan-Guaynabo, PR 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 | $559/mo | $503/mo | $615/mo |
| 1-BR | $572/mo | $515/mo | $629/mo |
| 2-BR | $663/mo | $597/mo | $729/mo |
| 3-BR | $868/mo | $781/mo | $955/mo |
| 4-BR | $1,046/mo | $941/mo | $1,151/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in San Juan-Guaynabo, PR HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $663/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $597–$729/month before any tenant income share.
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
- Aguadilla, PR Metro Area · $564
- Ponce, PR Metro Area · $538
- Mayagüez, PR Metro Area · $536
- Arecibo, PR Metro Area · $510
- Morehouse Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area · $834
- Guayama, PR Metro Area · $475
- Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area · $869
- Cherokee County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area · $877
- Acadia Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area · $880
- Little River County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area · $880
- Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area · $915
- Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area · $916
What to do with this FMR desk
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $663/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (21.6% 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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