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What will Section 8 pay for an apartment?

Type a ZIP code to see HUD's rent limits there, from studio to 4 bedrooms, with the date they took effect and a link to the source.

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What's a rent limit?

Every year HUD, the federal housing department, sets a Fair Market Rent for each area: roughly what a modest apartment rents for there, utilities included. Local housing agencies use it to decide how much a Section 8 housing voucher will pay. Most set their limit, called a payment standard, between 90% and 110% of HUD's figure (federal rule 24 CFR 982.503).

In some metro areas HUD also publishes a figure for each ZIP code, the Small Area Fair Market Rent, because rents differ a lot from one neighborhood to the next.

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