About RentMark

RentMark is an independent reference site that publishes the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fair Market Rents (FMR) in a fast, searchable form. FMR is the federal rent benchmark used to set Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) payment standards and other program limits.

What we publish

For FY2026 we list the Fair Market Rent by bedroom size (studio to 4-bedroom) for all 51 states and DC and the 75 largest metro areas, plus rankings of the most and least expensive places and a free "is my rent above FMR?" calculator. Every figure is HUD's published value; state-level medians and ranges are computed transparently over HUD's area data.

Why we built it

HUD's own Fair Market Rent data is authoritative but spread across spreadsheets and a documentation system that is hard to browse. RentMark turns the public-domain HUD USER FMR dataset into clean, answer-first pages for renters, voucher holders, landlords, researchers and housing advocates.

Independence & accuracy

We are not affiliated with HUD or any housing agency. FMR is a benchmark, not a rent cap or market average, and figures can lag the market. See our methodology for sources and limits, and always verify on huduser.gov before relying on a number.

Contact

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