{
  "prepared": "2026-09-28",
  "publisher": "HousingStabilityIQ",
  "measure": "HUD two-bedroom Fair Market Rent, dollars per month",
  "scope": "Eight selected Florida HUD FMR areas; not a statewide ranking or representative sample",
  "method": "Transcribed from HUD schedules; percent change = (FY2027 / FY2026 - 1) * 100. Display rounded to one decimal.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY2026_FMR_Schedule.pdf",
      "pdf_pages": "7\u20138"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY2027_FMR_Schedule.pdf",
      "pdf_pages": "7"
    }
  ],
  "notice": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-01/pdf/2026-17891.pdf",
  "revision_check": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/21/2026-07741/fair-market-rents-for-the-housing-choice-voucher-program-moderate-rehabilitation-single-room",
  "caveats": [
    "FY2027 scheduled effective October 1, 2026, subject to valid local reevaluation requests; recheck before sending after that date.",
    "FMR is a HUD gross-rent benchmark, not current advertised rent or an individual household payment.",
    "Broad FMR areas, not city-only observations or ZIP-level Small Area FMRs.",
    "This comparison does not update HousingStabilityIQ annual scores.",
    "The April 21, 2026 revision notice lists no Florida areas."
  ],
  "areas": [
    {
      "hud_area": "Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL HMFA",
      "chart_label": "Miami\u2013Miami Beach\u2013Kendall",
      "counties": [
        "Miami-Dade"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 2436,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 2564,
      "change_usd_month": 128,
      "change_percent": 5.2545
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA",
      "chart_label": "Tampa\u2013St. Petersburg\u2013Clearwater",
      "counties": [
        "Hernando",
        "Hillsborough",
        "Pasco",
        "Pinellas"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 1977,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 1917,
      "change_usd_month": -60,
      "change_percent": -3.0349
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA",
      "chart_label": "Orlando\u2013Kissimmee\u2013Sanford",
      "counties": [
        "Lake",
        "Orange",
        "Osceola",
        "Seminole"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 1972,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 1959,
      "change_usd_month": -13,
      "change_percent": -0.6592
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "Jacksonville, FL HMFA",
      "chart_label": "Jacksonville",
      "counties": [
        "Clay",
        "Duval",
        "Nassau",
        "St. Johns"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 1658,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 1694,
      "change_usd_month": 36,
      "change_percent": 2.1713
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA",
      "chart_label": "Cape Coral\u2013Fort Myers",
      "counties": [
        "Lee"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 1961,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 1835,
      "change_usd_month": -126,
      "change_percent": -6.4253
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA",
      "chart_label": "Naples\u2013Marco Island",
      "counties": [
        "Collier"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 1986,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 2036,
      "change_usd_month": 50,
      "change_percent": 2.5176
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA",
      "chart_label": "North Port\u2013Bradenton\u2013Sarasota",
      "counties": [
        "Manatee",
        "Sarasota"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 1958,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 2188,
      "change_usd_month": 230,
      "change_percent": 11.7467
    },
    {
      "hud_area": "West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HMFA",
      "chart_label": "West Palm Beach\u2013Boca Raton",
      "counties": [
        "Palm Beach"
      ],
      "fy2026_usd_month": 2254,
      "fy2027_usd_month": 2349,
      "change_usd_month": 95,
      "change_percent": 4.2147
    }
  ]
}