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
| Nantucket County | $2,409 | $2,425 | $3,138 | $4,143 | $5,260 | 3 |
| Suffolk County | $2,359 | $2,476 | $2,941 | $3,526 | $3,894 | 43 |
| Norfolk County | $1,631 to $2,359 | $1,761 to $2,476 | $2,311 to $2,941 | $2,889 to $3,526 | $3,060 to $3,894 | 44 |
| Middlesex County | $1,621 to $2,359 | $1,792 to $2,476 | $2,351 to $2,941 | $2,819 to $3,526 | $3,113 to $3,894 | 97 |
| Essex County | $1,565 to $2,359 | $1,730 to $2,476 | $2,270 to $2,941 | $2,722 to $3,526 | $3,006 to $3,894 | 56 |
| Plymouth County | $1,631 to $2,359 | $1,761 to $2,476 | $2,311 to $2,941 | $2,889 to $3,526 | $3,060 to $3,894 | 58 |
| Barnstable County | $1,834 | $1,846 | $2,422 | $2,985 | $3,428 | 55 |
| Dukes County | $1,623 | $1,633 | $2,143 | $2,980 | $3,164 | 7 |
| Hampshire County | $1,382 | $1,580 | $2,004 | $2,504 | $2,702 | 29 |
| Worcester County | $1,096 to $1,588 | $1,200 to $1,651 | $1,532 to $2,166 | $2,131 to $3,012 | $2,570 to $3,380 | 98 |
| Franklin County | $1,287 | $1,422 | $1,866 | $2,237 | $2,471 | 30 |
| Bristol County | $1,203 to $1,931 | $1,230 to $1,943 | $1,527 to $2,550 | $1,831 to $3,057 | $2,289 to $3,679 | 42 |
| Hampden County | $1,219 | $1,382 | $1,734 | $2,127 | $2,296 | 51 |
| Berkshire County | $1,245 to $1,250 | $1,269 to $1,302 | $1,626 to $1,709 | $2,109 to $2,206 | $2,577 to $2,867 | 37 |
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 $2,495. 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).
The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Massachusetts is $2,495.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in Massachusetts is $3,138 in Nantucket town.
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 $2,495. 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).