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Section 8 Fair Market Rents in New York (FY2026)

Official FY2026 HUD Fair Market Rents for all 39 FMR areas in New York14 metro areas and 25 county-level areas. The median 2-bedroom FMR statewide is $1,185. Click any area for payment-standard ranges, covered counties, and comparable markets.

FMR areaStudio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR
Albany-Schenectady-Troy$1,217$1,417$1,702$2,041$2,253
Allegany County$750$754$974$1,243$1,464
Binghamton$783$868$1,103$1,412$1,622
Buffalo-Cheektowaga$1,105$1,139$1,343$1,640$1,869
Cattaraugus County$778$783$1,007$1,232$1,420
Cayuga County$884$889$1,124$1,463$1,679
Chautauqua County$680$754$975$1,287$1,291
Chenango County$848$855$973$1,353$1,482
Clinton County$973$980$1,246$1,494$1,650
Columbia County$1,249$1,263$1,434$1,730$1,899
Cortland County$954$960$1,198$1,510$2,010
Delaware County$813$884$1,033$1,437$1,490
Elmira$949$978$1,283$1,606$1,713
Essex County$891$903$1,185$1,455$1,645
Franklin County$720$862$1,044$1,299$1,489
Fulton County$823$828$1,087$1,303$1,468
Genesee County$805$953$1,168$1,400$1,546
Glens Falls$1,041$1,066$1,348$1,742$1,785
Greene County$1,008$1,118$1,373$1,813$2,075
Hamilton County$1,075$1,089$1,429$1,713$1,892
Ithaca$1,263$1,466$1,753$2,102$2,624
Kingston$1,303$1,386$1,818$2,245$2,407
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh$1,364$1,549$1,979$2,511$2,694
Lewis County$758$839$1,008$1,402$1,646
Montgomery County$892$899$1,102$1,381$1,484
Nassau-Suffolk$1,992$2,379$2,747$3,563$3,768
New York$2,529$2,655$2,910$3,644$3,959
Otsego County$847$965$1,228$1,472$1,626
Rochester$1,116$1,256$1,573$1,895$2,083
Schuyler County$792$875$1,148$1,508$1,520
Seneca County$879$921$1,169$1,550$1,961
St. Lawrence County$742$816$1,071$1,284$1,418
Steuben County$865$871$1,081$1,410$1,800
Sullivan County$995$1,070$1,302$1,811$1,891
Syracuse$995$1,123$1,392$1,691$1,848
Utica-Rome$899$926$1,172$1,405$1,623
Watertown-Fort Drum$969$1,071$1,405$1,907$2,340
Wyoming County$840$844$973$1,336$1,603
Yates County$756$836$1,097$1,329$1,840

Source: HUD User — FY 2026 Fair Market Rents. FY2026 FMRs are effective October 1, 2025. Retrieved 2026-06-11.

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