FISCAL YEAR 2008
FINAL FAIR MARKET RENTS
FOR EXISTING HOUSING

The following tables represent the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the state of Massachusetts 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

 

Massachusetts

 

METROPOLITAN FMR AREAS LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Barnstable Town, MA MSA $14.29 $16.73 743 870 1145 1366 1409
* Berkshire County, MA (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $11.35 $12.73 590 662 764 1046 1076
* Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area $20.88 $22.17 1086 1153 1353 1618 1778
* Brockton, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $17.81 $18.52 926 963 1213 1451 1818
* Eastern Worcester County, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $14.37 $16.06 747 835 1099 1313 1929
* Easton-Raynham, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $15.60 $20.65 811 1074 1249 1494 2160
* Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $12.19 $14.00 634 728 913 1118 1214
* Franklin County, MA (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $10.90 $12.73 567 662 820 1094 1321
* Lawrence, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area $14.10 $17.92 733 932 1127 1346 1387
* Lowell, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $15.40 $18.42 801 958 1232 1471 1614
* New Bedford, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $10.75 $13.77 559 716 819 981 1324
* Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $10.69 $12.50 556 650 806 1036 1067
* Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area $15.38 $16.81 800 874 1020 1221 1556
* Springfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $10.75 $12.77 559 664 844 1010 1172
* Taunton-Mansfield-Norton, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $13.44 $16.96 699 882 1077 1321 1426
* Western Worcester County, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $9.79 $13.46 509 700 785 937 1203
* Worcester, MA HUD Metro FMR Area $13.25 $15.23 689 792 965 1154 1224



 

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Dukes County, MA $17.15 $21.77 892 1132 1348 1611 1661
Nantucket County, MA $20.08 $27.79 1044 1445 1604 1918 1976



 

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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