FISCAL YEAR 2010
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. 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
CBSA=Core-Based Statistical Areas
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 $10.42 $12.15 542 632 806 1024 1157
Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $11.37 $13.56 591 705 909 1085 1391
Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA $8.60 $10.77 447 560 684 867 960
Penobscot County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $10.65 $10.67 554 555 667 834 1023
Portland, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $13.87 $16.46 721 856 1109 1397 1497
Sagadahoc County, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $13.73 $13.75 714 715 857 1034 1484
York County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area $12.56 $13.04 653 678 862 1031 1126
York-Kittery-South Berwick, ME HUD Metro FMR Area $16.12 $16.21 838 843 1011 1472 1604



 

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 $8.12 $10.00 422 520 623 813 896
Franklin County, ME $10.06 $10.85 523 564 687 820 1065
Hancock County, ME $10.98 $12.65 571 658 766 1079 1110
Kennebec County, ME $8.69 $10.42 452 542 675 921 984
Knox County, ME $9.94 $13.13 517 683 780 1056 1218
Lincoln County, ME $12.02 $12.90 625 671 809 977 1007
Oxford County, ME $8.38 $11.15 436 580 668 890 1116
Piscataquis County, ME $10.42 $11.88 542 618 765 971 1039
Somerset County, ME $8.37 $10.37 435 539 639 902 957
Waldo County, ME $11.69 $12.54 608 652 787 965 1026
Washington County, ME $10.06 $10.87 523 565 674 835 911



 

Note: The FMRs for unit sizes larger than 4 BRs are calculated by adding 15% to the 4 BR FMR for each extra bedroom. The rent for Single Room Occupancy is 75 percent of the 0 bedroom rent.

 

 

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