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Section 8 rent amounts in Georgia

The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Georgia is $1,550.

Atlanta median rent.

HUD voucher rents by county and bedroom count, from the current Fair Market Rent and Small Area FMR release.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, with ZIP placement from the HUD-USPS ZIP Crosswalk 2021-Q4. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html

Counties

Barrow County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6054
Bartow County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6059
Carroll County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60512
Cherokee County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60511
Clayton County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60512
Cobb County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60529
Coweta County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60511
Dawson County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6051
DeKalb County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60546
Douglas County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6056
Fayette County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6056
Forsyth County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6053
Fulton County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60566
Gwinnett County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,60526
Heard County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6051
Henry County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6055
Jasper County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6055
Newton County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6055
Paulding County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6053
Pickens County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6054
Pike County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6055
Rockdale County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6053
Spalding County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6055
Walton County$1,585$1,660$1,820$2,182$2,6056
Bryan County$1,455$1,533$1,680$2,235$2,5473
Chatham County$1,455$1,533$1,680$2,235$2,54722
Effingham County$1,455$1,533$1,680$2,235$2,5476
Hall County$1,177$1,381$1,514$1,834$2,12712
Morgan County$1,256$1,315$1,442$1,729$2,4194
Liberty County$1,225$1,283$1,406$1,868$2,3599
Catoosa County$1,211$1,263$1,390$1,734$1,8533
Dade County$1,211$1,263$1,390$1,734$1,8533
Walker County$1,211$1,263$1,390$1,734$1,8536
Houston County$1,106$1,221$1,362$1,821$2,14810
Clarke County$1,159$1,183$1,331$1,734$1,83110
Madison County$1,159$1,183$1,331$1,734$1,8315
Oconee County$1,159$1,183$1,331$1,734$1,8315
Oglethorpe County$1,159$1,183$1,331$1,734$1,8315
Bibb County$1,085$1,158$1,307$1,567$1,73117
Crawford County$1,085$1,158$1,307$1,567$1,7313
Jones County$1,085$1,158$1,307$1,567$1,7312
Twiggs County$1,085$1,158$1,307$1,567$1,7313
Brantley County$1,035$1,105$1,293$1,550$1,9064
Glynn County$1,035$1,105$1,293$1,550$1,9068
McIntosh County$1,035$1,105$1,293$1,550$1,9065
Burke County$939$1,114$1,261$1,627$1,9844
Columbia County$939$1,114$1,261$1,627$1,9846
McDuffie County$939$1,114$1,261$1,627$1,9843
Richmond County$939$1,114$1,261$1,627$1,98413
Lumpkin County$1,085$1,136$1,245$1,577$2,0892
Camden County$1,043$1,117$1,225$1,704$1,9976
Brooks County$915$921$1,192$1,583$1,9155
Echols County$915$921$1,192$1,583$1,9151
Floyd County$822$923$1,192$1,541$1,62611
Lanier County$915$921$1,192$1,583$1,9152
Lowndes County$915$921$1,192$1,583$1,91511
Bulloch County$812$898$1,178$1,433$1,5607
White County$942$948$1,177$1,411$1,8683
Monroe County$984$1,048$1,174$1,408$1,6625
Troup County$805$947$1,167$1,459$1,7815
Jackson County$981$1,004$1,153$1,483$1,9349
Thomas County$1,001$1,048$1,149$1,456$1,5219
Putnam County$892$898$1,134$1,546$1,6262
Long County$987$1,034$1,133$1,409$1,9011
Dougherty County$966$1,006$1,129$1,534$1,85810
Lee County$966$1,006$1,129$1,534$1,8582
Peach County$885$1,030$1,129$1,466$1,4952
Terrell County$966$1,006$1,129$1,534$1,8584
Worth County$966$1,006$1,129$1,534$1,8585
Whitfield County$776$899$1,121$1,461$1,8768
Rabun County$770$851$1,117$1,553$1,6878
Haralson County$838$844$1,107$1,345$1,7185
Irwin County$857$862$1,089$1,306$1,5613
Chattahoochee County$895$939$1,088$1,445$1,7033
Harris County$895$939$1,088$1,445$1,7038
Marion County$895$939$1,088$1,445$1,7033
Muscogee County$895$939$1,088$1,445$1,70314
Sumter County$824$829$1,088$1,305$1,4417
Butts County$936$977$1,075$1,427$1,8033
Elbert County$831$836$1,074$1,288$1,4223
Baldwin County$783$894$1,073$1,287$1,4764
Hart County$816$821$1,042$1,249$1,4942
Pierce County$789$794$1,042$1,249$1,3804
Charlton County$784$790$1,036$1,242$1,4852
Gilmer County$714$830$1,036$1,357$1,7384
Ware County$781$786$1,031$1,236$1,6176
Randolph County$778$783$1,028$1,233$1,3613
Wayne County$773$778$1,021$1,224$1,5746
Habersham County$850$855$1,018$1,357$1,3636
Polk County$771$776$1,018$1,290$1,3484
Franklin County$770$775$1,017$1,219$1,4585
Gordon County$703$833$1,011$1,406$1,5908
Murray County$726$827$1,009$1,403$1,6875
Stephens County$762$767$1,006$1,275$1,6884
Pulaski County$854$858$1,003$1,280$1,4381
Meriwether County$758$763$1,001$1,392$1,5116
Washington County$792$797$999$1,198$1,3296
Lincoln County$743$758$995$1,305$1,3171
Union County$745$750$984$1,360$1,6513
Appling County$765$770$973$1,313$1,6083
Atkinson County$755$760$973$1,168$1,3953
Bacon County$765$770$973$1,353$1,3951
Baker County$765$770$973$1,353$1,3951
Banks County$765$770$973$1,217$1,3953
Ben Hill County$788$793$973$1,167$1,3951
Berrien County$737$742$973$1,353$1,6324
Bleckley County$737$742$973$1,266$1,3951
Calhoun County$765$770$973$1,353$1,4744
Candler County$765$770$973$1,353$1,6322
Chattooga County$789$794$973$1,353$1,6324
Clay County$765$770$973$1,217$1,3953
Clinch County$765$770$973$1,353$1,3954
Coffee County$675$885$973$1,275$1,6107
Colquitt County$737$742$973$1,167$1,5919
Cook County$765$770$973$1,315$1,3594
Crisp County$780$785$973$1,167$1,2883
Decatur County$848$850$973$1,287$1,2887
Dodge County$737$742$973$1,167$1,2884
Dooly County$765$770$973$1,283$1,2885
Early County$782$888$973$1,238$1,3404
Emanuel County$828$888$973$1,239$1,6327
Evans County$737$742$973$1,167$1,2884
Fannin County$737$742$973$1,323$1,3285
Glascock County$765$770$973$1,217$1,3952
Grady County$737$742$973$1,343$1,4904
Greene County$803$808$973$1,320$1,3254
Hancock County$765$770$973$1,252$1,6321
Jeff Davis County$765$770$973$1,167$1,4172
Jefferson County$788$793$973$1,167$1,4527
Jenkins County$765$770$973$1,353$1,3952
Johnson County$828$888$973$1,181$1,3952
Lamar County$754$759$973$1,353$1,4762
Laurens County$671$742$973$1,284$1,6149
Macon County$737$742$973$1,167$1,6324
Miller County$765$770$973$1,353$1,4071
Mitchell County$828$888$973$1,275$1,4684
Montgomery County$737$742$973$1,353$1,6324
Quitman County$765$770$973$1,217$1,3951
Schley County$765$770$973$1,342$1,3951
Screven County$737$742$973$1,222$1,3955
Seminole County$765$770$973$1,347$1,3952
Stewart County$803$843$973$1,293$1,3513
Talbot County$803$843$973$1,353$1,5214
Taliaferro County$765$770$973$1,217$1,3952
Tattnall County$737$742$973$1,167$1,6326
Taylor County$828$888$973$1,353$1,3954
Telfair County$828$852$973$1,215$1,2886
Tift County$766$821$973$1,174$1,4626
Toombs County$779$784$973$1,293$1,2974
Towns County$828$888$973$1,353$1,6322
Treutlen County$737$742$973$1,167$1,3951
Turner County$765$770$973$1,283$1,2883
Upson County$828$888$973$1,283$1,2883
Warren County$765$770$973$1,283$1,6325
Webster County$765$770$973$1,217$1,3952
Wheeler County$765$770$973$1,167$1,3952
Wilcox County$765$770$973$1,235$1,6324
Wilkes County$765$770$973$1,261$1,3953
Wilkinson County$765$770$973$1,353$1,3955

Payment standard

HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $1,550. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2-bedroom Section 8 rent in Georgia?

The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Georgia is $1,550.

Which HUD row has the highest 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Georgia?

The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in Georgia is $1,820 in Heard County.

How does a voucher payment standard relate to the Fair Market Rent in Georgia?

HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $1,550. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).