High-FMR payment standards - Santa Fe, NM MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Santa Fe, NM MSA is $1,685/month - 79th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#313 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 18.3% above market ; FMR rows touch Santa Fe County .
Expensive rung: who shares Santa Fe, NM MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA ($1,688), Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,682), Savannah, GA MSA ($1,680) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area, Erie County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area, Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Sheboygan, WI MSA, St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Santa Fe, NM MSA.
NM-state FMR neighbors for Santa Fe, NM MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside NM: Albuquerque, NM MSA ($1,464); Farmington, NM MSA ($1,085); Las Cruces, NM MSA ($1,042) . 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 Santa Fe, NM MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,259/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,390/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,685/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,122/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,231/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Santa Fe, NM 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 Santa Fe, NM 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 | $1,259/mo | $1,133/mo | $1,385/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,390/mo | $1,251/mo | $1,529/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,685/mo | $1,517/mo | $1,854/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,122/mo | $1,910/mo | $2,334/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,231/mo | $2,008/mo | $2,454/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Santa Fe, NM MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,685/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,517–$1,854/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Santa Fe, NM MSA
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
- $1,685
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +3.6%
- from FY2025 $1,627
- Span change
- +51.4%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,113/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,249/mo | +12.2% |
| 2024 | $1,535/mo | +22.9% |
| 2025 | $1,627/mo | +6.0% |
| 2026 | $1,685/mo | +3.6% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Santa Fe, NM MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,425/mo → 18.3% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Santa Fe, NM MSA.
PHAs naming Santa Fe, NM MSA
- Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority · 1,154 HCV units
- Housing Authority of the County of Santa Fe · 330 HCV units
Need the full directory? Browse all HUD PHA records in New Mexico . The directory does not report current availability or waitlists.
NM agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in NM whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- Mesilla Valley Public Housing Authority
- Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority
- Western Regional Housing Authority
- Eastern Regional Housing Authority
- El Camino Real Housing Authority
- Clovis Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Inc.
- Northern Regional Housing Authority
- Bernalillo County Housing Department
- Housing Authority of the County of San Juan
- Housing Authority of the County of Santa Fe
Full near-amount ladder
- Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA · $1,688
- Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,682
- Savannah, GA MSA · $1,680
- Fairbanks-College, AK MSA · $1,676
- Vineland, NJ MSA · $1,673
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA · $1,702
- Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,664
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,709
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA · $1,709
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,711
- Ann Arbor, MI MSA · $1,656
- Boise City, ID HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,655
What to do with this FMR desk
Santa Fe, NM HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,685/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+51.4% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Cross-check the 2 PHA records tied to this market against the HUD directory profile. Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (18.3% 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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