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Housing Voucher Payment Standards

For actions effective 02/1/2019 and later

BedroomsPayment StandardPercent of 2019 
Fair Market Rents (FMR)
SRO* 780 92%
Studio 1040 92%
1 1134 92%
2 1325 92%
3 1916 92%
4 2343 93%
5 2694 93%
6 3045 93%
Manufactured Home Pad Space Payment Standard: 466 (94% of FMR)
*Single Room Occupancy

Income Limits

% Area Median Income
Effective 4/24/2019

  • 30% (Extremely Low Income)

    Number of persons in family 30% (Extremely Low Income)
    1 $18,450
    2 $21,100
    3 $23,750
    4 $26,350
    5 $30,170
    6 $34,590
    7 $39,010
    8 $43,430
    9 $47,870
    10 $52,290

  • 50% (Very Low Income)

    Number of persons in family 50% (Very Low Income)
    1 $30,800
    2 $35,200
    3 $39,600
    4 $43,950
    5 $47,500
    6 $51,000
    7 $54,500
    8 $58,050
    9 $61,550
    10 $65,050

  • 80% (Low Income)

    Number of persons in family 80% (Low Income)
    1 $49,250
    2 $56,250
    3 $63,300
    4 $70,300
    5 $75,950
    6 $81,550
    7 $87,200
    8 $92,800
    9 $98,400
    10 $104,050

  • 100% Area Median Income

    Number of persons in family 100% Area Median Income
    1 $61,600
    2 $70,400
    3 $79,200
    4 $87,900
    5 $95,000
    6 $102,000
    7 $109,000
    8 $116,100
    9 $123,100
    10 $130,100
  • Number of persons in family 30% (Extremely Low Income) 50% (Very Low Income) 80% (Low Income) 100% Area Median Income
    1 $17,100 $28,500 $45,600 $56,980
    2 $19,550 $32,600 $52,100 $65,120
    3 $22,000 $36,650 $58,600 $73,260
    4 $25,100 $40,700 $65,100 $81,400
    5 $29,420 $44,000 $70,350 $87,912
    6 $33,740 $47,250 $75,550 $94,424
    7 $38,060 $50,500 $80,750 $100,936
    8 $42,380 $53,750 $85,950 $107,448
    9 $46,700 $57,000 $91,150 $113,938
    10 $51,020 $60,250 $96,350 $120,437

Fair Market Rents (FMR)

Effective 4/15/2019

BedroomsFair Market Rents
SRO* 848
Studio 1131
1 1234
2 1441
3 2084
4 2531
5 2910
6 3290
Manufactured Home Pad Space Payment Standard: 496 (94% of FMR)
*Single Room Occupancy

Housing Choice Voucher Move To Work (MTW) Utility Allowances

Effective 2/1/2019

BedroomsUtility Allowance
SRO* 44
Studio 58
1 73
2 90
3 106
4 276
5 316
6 358
*Single Room Occupancy

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Passbook Savings Rate

Effective 2/1/2016

Passbook savings rate = .06%

(To determine imputed income from assets greater than $5,000, multiply the value of the asset by .0006)