FISCAL YEAR 2008
FINAL FAIR MARKET RENTS
FOR EXISTING HOUSING

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

 

Maryland

 

METROPOLITAN FMR AREAS LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
* Baltimore-Towson, MD HUD Metro FMR Area $14.37 $16.23 747 844 1013 1301 1607
* Columbia city, MD HUD Metro FMR Area $22.40 $23.29 1165 1211 1405 1909 2224
Cumberland, MD-WV MSA $7.52 $9.10 391 473 555 749 874
* Hagerstown, MD HUD Metro FMR Area $9.35 $10.73 486 558 713 1029 1062
* Salisbury, MD HUD Metro FMR Area $10.13 $12.60 527 655 770 954 1094
* Somerset County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area $10.00 $10.65 520 554 652 807 1060



 

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Caroline County, MD $11.35 $11.73 590 610 714 965 992
Dorchester County, MD $8.54 $10.27 444 534 680 917 944
Garrett County, MD $7.13 $8.85 371 460 571 737 976
Kent County, MD $12.77 $12.79 664 665 800 982 1318
St. Mary's County, MD $14.37 $14.90 747 775 1009 1326 1746
Talbot County, MD $13.31 $13.35 692 694 835 1130 1193
Worcester County, MD $12.21 $12.69 635 660 765 1117 1189



 

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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