High-FMR payment standards - Urban Honolulu, HI MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Urban Honolulu, HI MSA is $2,642/month - 97th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#386 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 27.6% above market ; FMR rows touch Honolulu County .
Expensive rung: who shares Urban Honolulu, HI MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,601), Salinas, CA MSA ($2,684), Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA ($2,693) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Topeka, KS MSA, Toledo, OH MSA, Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Little River County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area, Terre Haute, IN HUD Metro FMR Area, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Urban Honolulu, HI MSA.
HI-state FMR neighbors for Urban Honolulu, HI MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside HI: Kalawao County, HI HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,492) . 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 Urban Honolulu, HI MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,877/mo |
| 1-BR | $2,016/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,642/mo |
| 3-BR | $3,674/mo |
| 4-BR | $4,432/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Urban Honolulu, HI 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 Urban Honolulu, HI 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 | $1,877/mo | $1,689/mo | $2,065/mo |
| 1-BR | $2,016/mo | $1,814/mo | $2,218/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,642/mo | $2,378/mo | $2,906/mo |
| 3-BR | $3,674/mo | $3,307/mo | $4,041/mo |
| 4-BR | $4,432/mo | $3,989/mo | $4,875/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Urban Honolulu, HI MSA, the HUD reference rent is $2,642/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $2,378–$2,906/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Urban Honolulu, HI 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
- $2,642
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- -1.7%
- from FY2025 $2,687
- Span change
- +17.9%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $2,240/mo | - |
| 2023 | $2,247/mo | +0.3% |
| 2024 | $2,388/mo | +6.3% |
| 2025 | $2,687/mo | +12.5% |
| 2026 | $2,642/mo | -1.7% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Urban Honolulu, HI MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $2,071/mo → 27.6% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Urban Honolulu, HI MSA.
HI agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in HI whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
Full near-amount ladder
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,601
- Salinas, CA MSA · $2,684
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA · $2,693
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA · $2,512
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA · $2,511
- Napa, CA MSA · $2,773
- Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,501
- Kalawao County, HI HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,492
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA · $2,827
- Barnstable Town, MA MSA · $2,422
- San Benito County, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,902
- Oakland-Fremont, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,912
What to do with this FMR desk
Urban Honolulu, HI HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $2,642/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+17.9% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (27.6% 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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