FISCAL YEAR 2008
FINAL FAIR MARKET RENTS
FOR EXISTING HOUSING

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

 

Maine

 

METROPOLITAN FMR AREAS LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
* Bangor, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $9.73 $11.35 506 590 753 957 1081
* Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $10.63 $12.69 553 660 850 1015 1301
Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA $8.02 $10.06 417 523 639 810 897
* Penobscot County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $9.94 $9.96 517 518 623 779 955
* Portland, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $12.94 $15.38 673 800 1036 1305 1399
* Sagadahoc County, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $12.81 $12.83 666 667 800 966 1386
* York County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $11.71 $12.17 609 633 805 963 1051
* York-Kittery-South Berwick, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $15.06 $15.13 783 787 944 1374 1498



 

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Aroostook County, ME $7.58 $9.33 394 485 582 760 837
Franklin County, ME $9.40 $10.13 489 527 642 767 995
Hancock County, ME $10.27 $11.83 534 615 716 1008 1037
Kennebec County, ME $8.13 $9.75 423 507 631 861 920
Knox County, ME $9.29 $12.29 483 639 729 987 1139
Lincoln County, ME $11.23 $12.08 584 628 757 914 942
Oxford County, ME $7.83 $10.42 407 542 624 831 1042
Piscataquis County, ME $9.75 $11.12 507 578 715 907 971
Somerset County, ME $7.81 $9.69 406 504 597 843 894
Waldo County, ME $10.94 $11.73 569 610 736 902 960
Washington County, ME $9.40 $10.15 489 528 630 781 851



 

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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