High-FMR payment standards - Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA is $1,977/month - 92nd percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#363 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 32.1% above market ; FMR rows touch Hernando County, Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Pinellas County .
Expensive rung: who shares Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA ($1,979), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA ($1,972), New Haven, CT MSA ($1,969) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Terre Haute, IN HUD Metro FMR Area, Little River County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area, Toledo, OH MSA, Topeka, KS MSA, Springfield, OH MSA, Springfield, MO HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA.
FL-state FMR neighbors for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside FL: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA ($1,972); Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA ($1,986); Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA ($1,961); North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA ($1,958); Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,806); Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,785); Port St. Lucie, FL MSA ($1,757); Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA ($1,709) . 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,593/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,696/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,977/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,527/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,077/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 | $1,593/mo | $1,434/mo | $1,752/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,696/mo | $1,526/mo | $1,866/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,977/mo | $1,779/mo | $2,175/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,527/mo | $2,274/mo | $2,780/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,077/mo | $2,769/mo | $3,385/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA, the HUD reference rent is $1,977/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,779–$2,175/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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
- $1,977
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -0.1%
- from FY2025 $1,978
- Span change
- +46.8%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,347/mo | - |
| 2023 | $1,659/mo | +23.2% |
| 2024 | $1,851/mo | +11.6% |
| 2025 | $1,978/mo | +6.9% |
| 2026 | $1,977/mo | -0.1% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,497/mo → 32.1% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA.
FL agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in FL 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 BREVARD COUNTY
- SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHORITY
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HOMESTEAD
- Gainesville Housing Authority
- Housing Authority of City of Daytona Beach
- City of Pensacola Housing Division
- Pasco County Housing Authority
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND
- Tallahassee Housing Authority
- Ocala Housing Authority
Full near-amount ladder
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA · $1,979
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA · $1,972
- New Haven, CT MSA · $1,969
- Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA · $1,986
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA · $1,961
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA · $1,960
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA · $1,958
- Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA · $2,004
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA · $1,950
- Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,931
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA · $2,031
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA · $1,922
What to do with this FMR desk
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,977/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+46.8% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (32.1% 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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