FISCAL YEAR 2008
FINAL FAIR MARKET RENTS
FOR EXISTING HOUSING

The following tables represent the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the state of California in selected Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Statistical Areas. Larger tables have been broken into screen-sized chunks to allow easy header viewing. These statistics were taken from Schedule B of the Federal document Proposed Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2008 for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program. The following abbreviations will be used:

 

FMR=Fair Market Rent
0 BR=Efficiency Apartment
1 BR=One Bedroom Apartment
2 BR=Two Bedroom Apartment/Duplex
3 BR=Three Bedroom Duplex/House
4 BR=Four Bedroom House
MSA=Metropolitan Statistical Area
PMSA=Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area

 

California

 

METROPOLITAN FMR AREAS LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Bakersfield, CA MSA $10.15 $10.96 528 570 679 981 1176
Chico, CA MSA $10.60 $12.60 551 655 790 1114 1330
El Centro, CA MSA $10.81 $12.23 562 636 784 1079 1374
Fresno, CA MSA $11.90 $13.12 619 682 805 1171 1261
Hanford-Corcoran, CA MSA $11.38 $12.12 592 630 732 1067 1286
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $16.60 $20.02 863 1041 1300 1746 2101
Madera, CA MSA $11.44 $12.02 595 625 797 1159 1195
Merced, CA MSA $10.27 $11.71 534 609 740 1055 1232
Modesto, CA MSA $12.77 $14.12 664 734 864 1239 1431
Napa, CA MSA $16.04 $17.98 834 935 1214 1679 1907
* Oakland-Fremont, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $16.65 $20.12 866 1046 1239 1680 2080
* Orange County, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $22.79 $25.58 1185 1330 1595 2282 2622
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA $19.46 $21.50 1012 1118 1422 2038 2331
Redding, CA MSA $10.40 $12.12 541 630 766 1118 1347
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA $17.23 $18.83 896 979 1142 1622 1896
* Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $13.62 $15.48 708 805 982 1417 1624
Salinas, CA MSA $16.54 $18.62 860 968 1111 1570 1644
* San Benito County, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $13.35 $18.06 694 939 1045 1481 1833
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA $18.81 $21.48 978 1117 1355 1976 2382
San Francisco, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $19.90 $24.46 1035 1272 1592 2125 2246
* San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $17.85 $20.69 928 1076 1293 1859 2047
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA $14.35 $16.98 746 883 1075 1566 1611
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA MSA $20.48 $22.87 1065 1189 1334 1757 2005
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA MSA $18.65 $22.02 970 1145 1493 2148 2214
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA $14.23 $17.33 740 901 1137 1613 1886
Stockton, CA MSA $12.50 $14.25 650 741 914 1255 1580
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA MSA $16.98 $18.27 883 950 1090 1528 1882
Visalia-Porterville, CA MSA $9.06 $10.12 471 526 612 875 899
* Yolo, CA HUD Metro FMR Area $15.06 $15.94 783 829 1013 1476 1570
Yuba City, CA MSA $9.81 $11.06 510 575 707 1029 1101



 

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Alpine County, CA $11.42 $12.81 594 666 850 1212 1248
Amador County, CA $12.35 $14.46 642 752 987 1434 1478
Calaveras County, CA $12.60 $12.62 655 656 788 1149 1267
Colusa County, CA $11.48 $11.52 597 599 779 1006 1367
Del Norte County, CA $11.25 $11.40 585 593 767 1117 1151
Glenn County, CA $9.83 $10.08 511 524 690 898 922
Humboldt County, CA $10.44 $12.23 543 636 837 1200 1329
Inyo County, CA $10.35 $10.85 538 564 733 1068 1259
Lake County, CA $10.35 $12.13 538 631 821 1190 1324
Lassen County, CA $10.04 $11.77 522 612 804 1169 1204
Mariposa County, CA $11.42 $12.81 594 666 850 1212 1248
Mendocino County, CA $11.54 $14.23 600 740 899 1227 1577
Modoc County, CA $9.96 $10.98 518 571 748 1066 1106
Mono County, CA $13.46 $16.21 700 843 1077 1475 1892
Nevada County, CA $12.94 $15.12 673 786 1035 1495 1818
Plumas County, CA $10.25 $12.00 533 624 822 1199 1443
Sierra County, CA $12.10 $14.12 629 734 968 1372 1698
Siskiyou County, CA $8.94 $10.73 465 558 713 1015 1045
Tehama County, CA $9.35 $10.62 486 552 721 1048 1258
Trinity County, CA $10.12 $10.62 526 552 725 995 1103
Tuolumne County, CA $11.13 $13.23 579 688 889 1229 1266



 

Note: The FMRs for unit sizes larger than 4 BRs are calculated by adding 15% to the 4 BR FMR for each extra bedroom.      12110
* 50TH percentile FMRs are indicated by an * before the HUD Metro FMR name.

 

 

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