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
| Cumberland County | $1,264 to $1,469 | $1,397 to $1,658 | $1,833 to $2,130 | $2,380 to $2,591 | $2,820 to $3,038 | 52 |
| York County | $1,281 to $1,518 | $1,412 to $1,678 | $1,716 to $2,202 | $2,298 to $2,640 | $2,561 to $3,694 | 42 |
| Androscoggin County | $1,140 | $1,218 | $1,586 | $2,050 | $2,305 | 24 |
| Sagadahoc County | $1,105 | $1,264 | $1,577 | $2,193 | $2,645 | 9 |
| Penobscot County | $982 to $1,244 | $1,061 to $1,313 | $1,392 to $1,659 | $1,799 to $2,133 | $2,010 to $2,242 | 47 |
| Knox County | $1,223 | $1,270 | $1,526 | $1,928 | $2,085 | 20 |
| Hancock County | $1,227 | $1,234 | $1,501 | $2,047 | $2,055 | 43 |
| Waldo County | $1,156 | $1,163 | $1,438 | $1,865 | $2,025 | 19 |
| Piscataquis County | $978 | $1,081 | $1,419 | $1,701 | $1,879 | 12 |
| Kennebec County | $1,082 | $1,090 | $1,416 | $1,819 | $2,158 | 34 |
| Lincoln County | $1,222 | $1,280 | $1,403 | $1,936 | $1,943 | 27 |
| Franklin County | $911 | $1,008 | $1,322 | $1,750 | $1,757 | 20 |
| Oxford County | $893 | $989 | $1,295 | $1,801 | $2,172 | 32 |
| Somerset County | $1,015 | $1,083 | $1,266 | $1,689 | $1,812 | 26 |
| Washington County | $863 | $954 | $1,252 | $1,739 | $1,943 | 32 |
| Aroostook County | $942 | $949 | $1,224 | $1,672 | $1,739 | 43 |
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 $1,650. 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 Maine is $1,650.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in Maine is $2,202 in Eliot 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 $1,650. 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).