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
| Rockingham County | $1,565 to $2,359 | $1,677 to $2,476 | $2,194 to $2,941 | $2,693 to $3,526 | $2,941 to $3,894 | 42 |
| Strafford County | $1,601 | $1,677 | $2,194 | $2,693 | $2,941 | 20 |
| Hillsborough County | $1,286 to $1,467 | $1,294 to $1,673 | $1,698 to $2,127 | $2,036 to $2,822 | $2,697 to $3,001 | 39 |
| Merrimack County | $1,361 | $1,504 | $1,974 | $2,604 | $2,614 | 31 |
| Cheshire County | $1,328 | $1,468 | $1,926 | $2,518 | $2,550 | 27 |
| Grafton County | $1,445 | $1,455 | $1,909 | $2,590 | $2,630 | 38 |
| Belknap County | $1,241 | $1,425 | $1,800 | $2,219 | $2,676 | 16 |
| Sullivan County | $1,216 | $1,332 | $1,747 | $2,418 | $2,694 | 17 |
| Carroll County | $1,190 | $1,343 | $1,709 | $2,353 | $2,834 | 30 |
| Coos County | $988 | $994 | $1,287 | $1,702 | $1,708 | 16 |
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 $2,038. 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 New Hampshire is $2,038.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in New Hampshire is $2,941 in South Hampton 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 $2,038. 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).