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
| Charles County | $1,953 | $2,015 | $2,246 | $2,835 | $3,332 | 24 |
| Frederick County | $1,953 | $2,015 | $2,246 | $2,835 | $3,332 | 29 |
| Montgomery County | $1,953 | $2,015 | $2,246 | $2,835 | $3,332 | 76 |
| Prince George's County | $1,953 | $2,015 | $2,246 | $2,835 | $3,332 | 63 |
| Calvert County | $1,811 | $1,851 | $2,083 | $2,639 | $3,106 | 14 |
| Anne Arundel County | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 42 |
| Baltimore County | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 53 |
| Baltimore city | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 30 |
| Carroll County | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 10 |
| Harford County | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 21 |
| Howard County | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 24 |
| Queen Anne's County | $1,362 | $1,511 | $1,857 | $2,358 | $2,611 | 13 |
| St. Mary's County | $1,394 | $1,672 | $1,833 | $2,264 | $2,889 | 28 |
| Cecil County | $1,397 | $1,520 | $1,810 | $2,170 | $2,423 | 17 |
| Talbot County | $1,201 | $1,282 | $1,409 | $1,960 | $2,364 | 15 |
| Wicomico County | $1,054 | $1,061 | $1,378 | $1,818 | $1,825 | 19 |
| Caroline County | $995 | $1,001 | $1,314 | $1,642 | $2,184 | 10 |
| Washington County | $869 | $961 | $1,261 | $1,700 | $1,901 | 21 |
| Kent County | $1,062 | $1,137 | $1,246 | $1,635 | $2,090 | 10 |
| Worcester County | $1,027 | $1,035 | $1,194 | $1,661 | $1,919 | 12 |
| Somerset County | $901 | $907 | $1,167 | $1,586 | $1,667 | 11 |
| Dorchester County | $947 | $952 | $1,144 | $1,591 | $1,919 | 16 |
| Allegany County | $694 | $823 | $973 | $1,333 | $1,452 | 22 |
| Garrett County | $848 | $864 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,441 | 9 |
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 $1,957. 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 Maryland is $1,957.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in Maryland is $2,246 in Charles County.
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 $1,957. 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).