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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5430–N–01]
Proposed Fair Market Rents for the
Housing Choice Voucher Program and
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room
Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 2011
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Fiscal Year
(FY) 2011 Fair Market Rents (FMRs).
AGENCY:
Section 8(c)(1) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA)
requires the Secretary to publish FMRs
periodically, but not less than annually,
adjusted to be effective on October 1 of
each year. Today’s notice proposes
FMRs for FY 2011 to be used to
determine payment standard amounts
for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program, to determine initial renewal
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rents for some expiring project-based
Section 8 contracts, and to determine
initial rents for Housing Assistance
Payment (HAP) contracts in the
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room
Occupancy program. Other programs
may require use of FMRs for other
purposes.
The proposed FY 2011 FMR areas are
based on current Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) metropolitan area
definitions and include HUD
modifications that were first used in the
determination of FY 2006 FMR areas.
Changes to the OMB metropolitan area
definitions through December 2009 are
incorporated. The principal city for
three metropolitan areas changed,
which resulted in a code change. In
Alaska, there was a name change for a
nonmetropolitan borough and two
boroughs in Alaska were divided to
make four new boroughs.1 Proposed FY
2011 FMRs are based on 2000 Census
data updated using more current survey
data. For FY 2011, FY 2010 FMRs are
updated using 2008 American
Community Survey (ACS) data, and
more recent Consumer Price Index (CPI)
1 The three metropolitan areas are: North PortBradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA, Crestview-Fort
Walton Beach-Destin, FL MSA, and SteubenvilleWeirton, OH–WV MSA. In Alaska, Prince of WalesKetchikan Census Area, AK is changed to Prince of
Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK; the Alaskan
borough of Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon is divided
into Skagway and Hoonah-Angoon boroughs; and
the Alaskan borough of Wrangell-Petersburg is
divided into Wrangell and Petersburg boroughs.
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rent and utility indexes. HUD continues
to use ACS data in different ways based
upon the number of two-bedroom
standard-quality and recent-mover
sample cases that are available in the
FMR area or its Core-Based Statistical
Area (CBSA).
This notice also proposes Small Area
FMRs for the Dallas, TX HUD Metro
FMR Area in accordance with a Federal
Register Notice published May 18, 2010,
(75 FR27808) announcing a Small Area
FMR Demonstration project.
DATES: Comment Due Date: 30 days after
publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
HUD’s estimates of the FMRs, as
published in this notice, to the Office of
General Counsel, Rules Docket Clerk,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–
0001. Communications should refer to
the above docket number and title and
should contain the information
specified in the ‘‘Request for Comments’’
section.
Submission of Hard Copy Comments.
To ensure that the information is fully
considered by all of the reviewers, each
commenter who is submitting hard copy
comments, by mail or hand delivery, is
requested to submit two copies of its
comments to the address above, one
addressed to the attention of the Rules
Docket Clerk and the other addressed to
the attention of Economic and Market
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Analysis Division staff in the
appropriate HUD field office. Due to
security measures at all federal agencies,
submission of comments by mail often
results in delayed delivery. To ensure
timely receipt of comments, HUD
recommends that any comments
submitted by mail be submitted at least
2 weeks in advance of the public
comment deadline.
Electronic Submission of Comments.
Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic
submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare
and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make them immediately available to the
public. Comments submitted
electronically through the https://
www.regulations.gov website can be
viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow instructions
provided on that site to submit
comments electronically.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Comments. All
comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available,
without charge, for public inspection
and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays at the above address. Due to
security measures at the HUD
Headquarters building, an advance
appointment to review the public
comments must be scheduled by calling
the Regulations Division at 202–708–
3055 (this is not a toll-free number).
Copies of all comments submitted are
available for inspection and
downloading at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information on the
methodology used to develop FMRs or
a listing of all FMRs, please call the
HUD USER information line at (800)
245–2691 or access the information on
the HUD Web site https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/
fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or
50th percentile in Schedule B. For
informational purposes, 40th percentile
recent-mover rents for the areas with
50th percentile FMRs will be provided
in the HUD FY 2011 FMR
documentation system at https://www.
huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/
index.asp?data=fmr11 and 50th
percentile rents for all FMR areas will
be published at https://www.huduser.
org/portal/datasets/50per.html after
publication of final FY 2011 FMRs.
In addition to FMRs calculated across
an entire metropolitan area, HUD will
operate Small Area FMR demonstration
projects for the HCV program in selected
metropolitan areas. A copy of the
Federal Register notice announcing this
program can be accessed at https://www.
huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/
fmr2010f/Small_Area_FMRs.pdf. A
system for looking up Small Area Rents
based on Proposed FY2011 FMRs is
available at https://www.huduser.org/
portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/index_sa.html.
Questions related to use of FMRs or
voucher payment standards should be
directed to the respective local HUD
program staff. Questions on how to
conduct FMR surveys or concerning
further methodological explanations
may be addressed to Marie L. Lihn or
Peter B. Kahn, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Economic
Affairs, Office of Policy Development
and Research, telephone 202–708–0590.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at
800–877–8339. (Other than the HUD
USER information line and TDD
numbers, telephone numbers are not
toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 8 of the USHA (42 U.S.C.
1437f) authorizes housing assistance to
aid lower-income families in renting
safe and decent housing. Housing
assistance payments are limited by
FMRs established by HUD for different
geographic areas. In the HCV program,
the FMR is the basis for determining the
‘‘payment standard amount’’ used to
calculate the maximum monthly
subsidy for an assisted family (see 24
CFR 982.503). In general, the FMR for
an area is the amount that would be
needed to pay the gross rent (shelter
rent plus utilities) of privately owned,
decent, and safe rental housing of a
modest (non-luxury) nature with
suitable amenities. In addition, all rents
subsidized under the HCV program
must meet reasonable rent standards.
The interim rule published on October
2, 2000 (65 FR 58870), established 50th
percentile FMRs for certain areas.
Electronic Data Availability: This
Federal Register notice is available
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electronically from the HUD User page
at https://www.huduser.org/datasets/
fmr.html. Federal Register notices also
are available electronically from https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/, the
U.S. Government Printing Office Web
site. Complete documentation of the
methodology and data used to compute
each area’s proposed FY 2011 FMRs is
available at https://www.huduser.org/
portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/
index.asp?data=fmr11.
II. Procedures for the Development of
FMRs
Section 8(c) of the USHA requires the
Secretary of HUD to publish FMRs
periodically, but not less frequently
than annually. Section 8(c) states, in
part, as follows:
Proposed fair market rentals for an area
shall be published in the Federal Register
with reasonable time for public comment and
shall become effective upon the date of
publication in final form in the Federal
Register. Each fair market rental in effect
under this subsection shall be adjusted to be
effective on October 1 of each year to reflect
changes, based on the most recent available
data trended so the rentals will be current for
the year to which they apply, of rents for
existing or newly constructed rental dwelling
units, as the case may be, of various sizes and
types in this section.
HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR part 888
provide that HUD will develop
proposed FMRs, publish them for public
comment, provide a public comment
period of at least 30 days, analyze the
comments, and publish final FMRs. (See
24 CFR 888.115.)
In addition, HUD’s regulations at 24
CFR 888.113 set out procedures for HUD
to assess whether areas are eligible for
FMRs at the 50th percentile. Minimally
qualified areas are reviewed each year
unless not qualified to be reviewed.
Areas are not qualified to be reviewed
if they have been made a 50th percentile
area within the last three years or have
lost 50th percentile status for failure to
de-concentrate within the last three
years.
For FY 2010 there are 17 areas using
50th percentile FMRs. None of these
areas were evaluated for the FY 2011
FMRs because they have not completed
3 years of program participation since
their last review, so all 17 areas will
continue to use 50th percentile FMRs.
Ten of these current 50th-percentile
FMR areas will be up for review again
in computation of the FY 2012 FMRs,
and are listed below:
FY 2011 50TH-PERCENTILE FMR AREAS SLATED FOR ELIGIBILITY EVALUATION IN FY 2012
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Denver-Aurora, CO MSA .........................................................................................................................
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX HMFA ...............................................................................................
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA ..............................................................................................
Richmond, VA HMFA ...............................................................................................................................
The remaining 7 50th percentile FMR
areas will complete three years in the
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford,
CT HMFA.
Kansas City, MO–KS, HMFA.
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA.
Tacoma, WA HMFA.
program and be reviewed for the FY
2013 FMRs, as shown below:
FY 2011 50TH-PERCENTILE FMR AREAS SLATED FOR ELIGIBILITY EVALUATION IN FY 2013
Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA .....................................................................................................................
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI HMFA ...........................................................................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD MSA .........................................................................
Fort Lauderdale, FL HMFA.
New Haven-Meriden, CT HMFA.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,
DC–VA–MD HMFA.
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HMFA ................................................................................................
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III. FMR Methodology
This section provides a brief overview
of how the FY 2011 FMRs are
computed. For complete information on
how FMR areas are determined, and on
how each area’s FMRs are derived, see
the online documentation at: https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/
fmrs/index.asp?data=fmr11.
The FY 2011 FMRs are based on
current OMB metropolitan area
definitions and standards that were first
used in the FY 2006 FMRs. OMB
changes to the metropolitan area
definitions through December 2009 are
incorporated. As of December 2009,
there was a change in the principal city
of three metropolitan areas that resulted
in a code change. These three
metropolitan areas are: North PortBradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA,
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
MSA, and Steubenville-Weirton, OH–
WV MSA. In Alaska, there was a name
change for a nonmetropolitan borough,
from Prince of Wales-Ketchikan Census
Area, AK to Prince of Wales-Hyder
Census Area, AK; and two other
Alaskan boroughs were divided, from
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon to Skagway
and Hoonah-Angoon boroughs; and
from Wrangell-Petersburg to Wrangell
and Petersburg boroughs.
2 HMFA
stands for HUD Metropolitan FMR Area.
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A. Data Sources—2000 Census, the
American Community Survey, and the
Consumer Price Index
As in all post-FY 2006 FMR
publications, FY 2011 FMRs start with
base rents generated using Census 2000
long form survey data. They are updated
with American Community Survey
(ACS) data and Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI)
data. FY 2011 FMRs are FY 2010 FMRs
updated by replacing the CPI data used
for FY 2010 FMRs with ACS 2008
survey data and updated CPI data.
Specifically, the FY 2010 rent (as of
date: April, 2010) is deflated to June,
2007 by dividing it by 18 months of CPI
data representing June 2007 through
December 2008 inflation, and the usual
15 month trend factor. This June 2007
rent is the best rent estimate available
using only ACS survey data available
last year and eliminating all other
update data. It is this rent that will be
updated with additional ACS data and
new CPI data.
In order to preserve additional
information gathered by HUD through
random digit dialing (RDD) surveys,
areas surveyed after June 2007 are
updated separately, the details of which
can be found at the Web site listed
above.
B. Updates from 2007 to 2008—2008
ACS
ACS survey data continues to be
applied to areas based on the type of
area (CBSA, metropolitan subarea, or
non-metropolitan county), the amount
of survey data available, and the
reliability of the survey estimates. Both
one- and three-year ACS 2008 data are
used to update June 2007 rents. All
3 The change is considered statistically significant
if Z > 1.645 where (see equation above) and EST1
= ACS 2008 Estimate, EST2 = ACS 2007 Estimate,
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areas are updated with the change from
2007 to 2008 in state or metropolitan
one-year standard quality median rents.
HUD considered using the change in the
three-year 2005–2007 ACS to three-year
2006–2008 ACS in place of the change
from 2007 one-year ACS to 2008 oneyear ACS, but the nature of the 3 year
data mutes the effects of the more recent
data, which HUD finds more important
for achieving the objectives of the HCV
program. So HUD used the change in
ACS one year data from 2007 to 2008 for
the update in all cases. Beginning with
the FY 2010 FMRs, HUD tests these rent
changes for statistical significance 3
z=
EST1 − EST2
2
SE12 + SE2
before applying them to the appropriate
base rent. Any state- or metropolitanlevel change that is not statistically
significant is not applied. That is, the
updated 2008 rent is the same as the
2007 rent if the applicable update factor
does not represent a statistically
significant change. HUD applied this
test as a measure to minimize
fluctuations in rents due to survey error.
HUD uses metropolitan-level rent
changes for CBSA areas and subareas
that have more than 200 standard
quality sample cases in 2007 and 2008.
All other areas are updated with statelevel rent changes. For subareas, State
and CBSA change factors continue to be
selected based on which factor brings
the subarea rent closer to the CBSAwide rent. HUD updates subareas that
have 200 or more local standard quality
survey observations with their local area
update factor.
SE1=Standard Error of Estimate 1 and SE2=Standard
Error of Estimate 2.
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In addition to these 17 50th percentile
FMR areas, a new area, Bergen-Passaic,
NJ HMFA, meets all of the criteria to be
eligible to use 50th percentile FMRs, so
for FY 2011 there are 18 50th percentile
FMR areas. Under current regulations,
Bergen-Passaic, NJ HMFA, will be in the
50th percentile program for three years
and re-evaluated when the FY 2014
FMRs are being calculated.
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After all areas have been updated
with a standard quality median rent
change, HUD evaluates further local
areas with estimates that reflect more
than 200 one-year recent mover cases. If
the updated rent is outside the
confidence interval of the ACS recent
mover estimate, the updated rent is
replaced with the ACS recent mover
rent estimate. In areas without 200 or
more one-year ACS recent mover
observations, but with 200 or more
three-year ACS recent mover
observations, HUD uses the three year
estimate 4 if it is statistically different
from the updated 2008 rent based on the
standard quality median rent change.
This process estimates a June 2008 rent.
C. Updates from 2008 to 2009
ACS 2008 data updates the June 2007
rents used in the FY 2010 FMRs forward
by 12 months to June 2008. HUD uses
six months of 2008 and 12 months of
2009 CPI rent and utilities price index
data to update the June 2008 rents to the
end of 2009. HUD uses Local CPI data
for FMR areas with at least 75 percent
of their population within Class A
metropolitan areas covered by local CPI
data. HUD uses Census region CPI data
for FMR areas in Class B and C size
metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan
areas without local CPI update factors.
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D. Updates from 2009 to 2011
The national 1990 to 2000 average
annual rent increase trend of 3 percent
is applied to end-of-2009 rents for 15
months, to derive the proposed FY 2011
FMRs.
The area-specific data and
computations used to calculate
proposed FY 2011 FMRs and FMR area
definitions can be found at https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/
fmrs/index.asp?data=fmr11.
E. Bedroom Rent Adjustments
HUD calculates the primary FMR
estimates for two-bedroom units. This is
generally the most common size of
rental units and, therefore, the most
reliable to survey and analyze. After
each Decennial Census, HUD calculates
rent relationships between two-bedroom
units and other unit sizes and uses them
to set FMRs for other units. HUD does
this because it is much easier to update
two-bedroom estimates and to use preestablished cost relationships with other
bedroom sizes than it is to develop
4 The recent mover estimate from the three year
data includes all those who moved in the most
recent 24 month period. That means that no 2006
survey data are included in this ‘‘three-year’’ recent
mover classification and the likelihood of having a
valid (with 200 or more sample cases) three-year
recent mover rent is lower for these estimates.
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independent FMR estimates for each
bedroom size. HUD did the last update
of bedroom-rent relationships using
2000 Census data. A publicly releasable
version of the data file used for the
derivations of rent ratios is available at
https://www.huduser.org/portal/
datasets/fmr/CensusRentData/
index.html.
HUD made adjustments using 2000
Census data to establish rent ratios for
areas with local bedroom-size intervals
above or below what are considered
reasonable ranges, or where sample
sizes are inadequate to accurately
measure bedroom rent differentials.
Experience has shown that highly
unusual bedroom ratios typically reflect
inadequate sample sizes or peculiar
local circumstances that HUD would not
want to utilize in setting FMRs (e.g.,
luxury efficiency apartments that rent
for more than typical one-bedroom
units). HUD established bedroom
interval ranges based on an analysis of
the range of such intervals for all areas
with large enough samples to permit
accurate bedroom ratio determinations.
These ranges are: efficiency FMRs are
constrained to fall between 0.65 and
0.83 of the two-bedroom FMR; onebedroom FMRs must be between 0.76
and 0.90 of the two-bedroom FMR;
three-bedroom FMRs must be between
1.10 and 1.34 of the two-bedroom FMR;
and four-bedroom FMRs must be
between 1.14 and 1.63 of the twobedroom FMR. HUD adjusts bedroom
rents for a given FMR area if the
differentials between bedroom-size
FMRs were inconsistent with normally
observed patterns (i.e., efficiency rents
are not allowed to be higher than onebedroom rents and four-bedroom rents
are not allowed to be lower than threebedroom rents).
HUD further adjusts the rents for
three-bedroom and larger units to reflect
HUD’s policy to set higher rents for
these units than would result from using
unadjusted market rents. This
adjustment is intended to increase the
likelihood that the largest families, who
have the most difficulty in leasing units,
will be successful in finding eligible
program units. The adjustment adds
bonuses of 8.7 percent to the unadjusted
three-bedroom FMR estimates and adds
7.7 percent to the unadjusted fourbedroom FMR estimates. The FMRs for
unit sizes larger than four bedrooms are
calculated by adding 15 percent to the
four-bedroom FMR for each extra
bedroom. For example, the FMR for a
five-bedroom unit is 1.15 times the fourbedroom FMR, and the FMR for a sixbedroom unit is 1.30 times the fourbedroom FMR. FMRs for single-room
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occupancy units are 0.75 times the zerobedroom (efficiency) FMR.
For low-population, nonmetropolitan
counties with small 2000 Census
samples of recent-mover rents, HUD
uses Census-defined county group data
to determine rents for each bedroom
size. HUD made this adjustment to
protect against unrealistically high or
low FMRs due to insufficient sample
sizes. The areas covered by this
estimation method had less than the
HUD standard of 200 two-bedroom,
Census-tabulated observations.
IV. Manufactured Home Space Surveys
The FMR used to establish payment
standard amounts for the rental of
manufactured home spaces in the HCV
program is 40 percent of the FMR for a
two-bedroom unit. HUD will consider
modification of the manufactured home
space FMRs where public comments
present statistically valid survey data
showing the 40th-percentile
manufactured home space rent
(including the cost of utilities) for the
entire FMR area.
All approved exceptions to these rents
that were in effect in FY 2010 were
updated to FY 2011 using the same data
used to estimate the Housing Choice
Voucher program FMRs if the respective
FMR area’s definition remained the
same. If the result of this computation
was higher than 40 percent of the new
two-bedroom rent, the exception
remains and is listed in Schedule D. The
FMR area definitions used for the rental
of manufactured home spaces are the
same as the area definitions used for the
other FMRs. Areas with definitional
changes that previously had exception
manufactured housing space rental
FMRs are requested to submit new
surveys to justify higher-than-standard
space rental FMRs if they believe
higher-space rental allowances are
needed.
V. Methodology for Small-Area FMRs
Use of metropolitan area-wide FMRs
allows HUD’s Section 8 Voucher
Tenants access to different parts of a
metropolitan area; however, because
FMRs generally are set at the 40th
percentile of the metropolitan rent
distribution, certain neighborhoods may
not have many units available in the
FMR range. That is why HUD has an
exception rent policy that allows
payments standards to be set much
higher (or much lower) than the FMR,
but this policy is dependent on a
showing of program need in terms of
whether or not suitable housing is
available. To make all of an FMR area
accessible to our clients, HUD is
researching ways to set FMRs at a more
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granular level. Currently, HUD is
proposing that small areas be defined by
U.S. Postal Service ZIP codes, as the
basis for publishing FMRs in
metropolitan areas. For nonmetropolitan areas, HUD would
continue to use counties as the basis for
publishing FMRs.
The most recent data regarding rents,
incomes and other socio-economic
information collected by the U.S.
Census Bureau comes from the ACS. At
this time, only one-year and three-year
ACS tables are available. ACS five-year
data are expected to have sufficient data
at the Small Area level available to
permit the calculation of statistically
reliable FMRs for many ZIP codes in
metropolitan areas. However, the first
publication of five-year ACS data does
not begin until the fourth quarter of
2010, so for the Small Area FMR
Demonstration Projects, HUD must use
a different data source; HUD will use
data from the 2000 Decennial Census to
estimate the rental rate relationship
between the OMB-defined CBSA and
each ZIP code within the given
metropolitan area.5
Before a rental relationship can be
determined, HUD first eliminates any
records where there were zero occupied
units for occupants paying cash rent.
HUD then aggregates these rental
distribution data for each CBSA and
calculates a median (50th percentile)
gross rent across all bedroom sizes.
These CBSA median gross rents serve as
the denominator in the rental rate
relationship calculation. HUD then
aggregates the rental distributions for
each ZIP code within a given CBSA (ZIP
codes can cross county boundaries;
therefore, there may be multiple records
for each ZIP code within a single CBSA,
and HUD aggregates these multiple
records). HUD calculates a median gross
rent for each ZIP code (or ZIP code part
for ZIP codes spanning CBSA
boundaries). HUD restricts the use of
ZIP code level median gross rents to
those areas that have at least 1,000 cash
rental unit observations.6
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relationship in the following manner for
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5 Note
that some ZIP Codes span metropolitan
area boundaries so that a ZIP Code may contain
parts of a metropolitan area and one (or more)
nonmetropolitan county (counties), or part of
another metropolitan CBSA. As in current FMR
policy, nonmetropolitan counties would not be
broken along ZIP code or any other lines under the
Small-Area FMR policy. ZIP Codes that span more
than one metropolitan CBSA would have different
FMRs in each CBSA as they do under current
metropolitan FMR policy.
6 HUD anticipates that 1000 cash renter occupied
units in the 2000 Census will approximate
statistically valid samples of rental units in the 5year ACS tabulations.
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those ZIP codes within the metropolitan
area that have 1,000 or more cash rental
units:
Rental Rate Ratio = Median Gross Rent
for ZIP Code area/Median Gross
Rent for CBSA
The rental rate relationship is capped
at 150 percent for areas that would
otherwise be greater. If the ZIP code
within the CBSA does not have 1,000
cash rental units, then the rental rate
relationship is calculated as:
Rental Rate Ratio = Median Gross Rent
STCO/Median Gross Rent of the
CBSA
where STCO is the County within the
State containing the ZIP Code.7 For
metropolitan areas, FMRs will be
calculated and published for each small
area. HUD chose ZIP Codes because
they localize rents, and a unit’s ZIP
Code is easily identified both by PHAs
and by tenants.
The individual ZIP-code-level twobedroom FMR for each part of the FMR
area is the product of the rental rate
ratio and the two-bedroom FMR for that
area’s CBSA as calculated using
methods employed for past
metropolitan area FMR estimates and as
specified in this Notice. HUD then
compares this product to the state nonmetropolitan minimum two-bedroom
rent for the state the area is located in
and if the ZIP code rent determined
using the rental rate ratio is less than the
minimum, the ZIP code rent is set at the
non-metropolitan minimum for that
state. HUD estimates the relationship
between two bedroom units and other
bedroom sizes from decennial census
data and then holds it constant until
superseded by more recent data. HUD
will calculate Small Area FMRs for
other bedroom sizes based on the
bedroom size relationships estimated for
the large area of geography. HUD
anticipates updating the bedroom rental
rate ratios with the release of five-year
ACS data (covering 2005 through 2009),
and then once every five years when the
five-year ACS sample is completely
replaced.8 The final calculated rents are
then rounded to the nearest $10.9
7 For ZIP codes that cross county boundaries, the
Median Gross Rent in the numerator is calculated
as the rental unit weighted average of the Median
Gross rents for each county containing the ZIP code.
8 The current decennial data is not robust enough
to lead us to believe that updating bedroom ratios
on a more frequent basis would provide many
changes. The current bedroom ratios are
constrained by ranges that reflect the average
relationship to the 2-bedroom rent and for the 3bedroom and 4-bedroom rents bonuses have been
added to assist with the operation of the Section 8
program.
9 Calculation parameters such as the 150% cap
and the rounding of Small Area FMRs to the nearest
$10 were topics for public comment as requested
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Small Area FMRs for all metropolitan
areas are available for viewing and
download on the Internet at: https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/
fmr.html. These have been updated
using proposed FY 2011 FMRs as the
basis and posted on the Web site. HUD
is publishing proposed Small Area
FMRs for the Dallas, TX HUD Metro
FMR Area in this notice as HUD has
determined that the Dallas area will be
a participant in the Small Area FMR
Demonstration project.
VI. Additional Participation in the
Small Area FMR Demonstration Project
Additional eligible PHAs may request
participation in the Small Area
Demonstration Project. To be eligible,
the PHA or a group of PHAs must
represent at least 80 percent of the
Section 8 voucher tenants in a
metropolitan area. Any PHA that is part
of the Demonstration Project must use
payment schedules based on these
Small Area FMRs, beginning October 1,
2010 or when they are designated as a
Small Area Demonstration Project in a
subsequent Federal Register Notice.
HUD assumes that the need for rent
reasonableness studies will be reduced
by using Small Area FMRs and is
requesting information on rent
reasonableness study results for Small
Area FMR Demonstration Project areas.
HUD is requesting that participating
PHAs provide HUD with information on
how long it takes tenants to find
housing, and if this is less than the time
spent when metropolitan FMRs were
used; the distribution of tenants in areas
above and below the metropolitan FMR;
and the payment standards used for the
Small Area FMRs. HUD would also
request information on landlord actions
in areas where the Small Area FMR is
significantly lower or higher than the
metropolitan FMR, and on tenants’
interest in using vouchers in the new
higher rent areas. HUD also would like
to hear if the PHAs are experiencing any
administrative issues.
VII. Request for Public Comments
HUD seeks public comments on FMR
levels for specific areas. Comments on
FMR levels must include sufficient
information (including local data and a
full description of the rental housing
in HUD’s May 18, 2010 Federal Register Notice (75
FR 27808). The comment period for that notice
ended on July 19, 2010. The parameters listed in
this notice may be changed subject to the comments
filed in relation to the May 18, 2010 notice or based
on the comments filed in response to this notice.
As an example, the May 18, 2010 notice discussed
rounding Small Area FMRs to the nearest $25;
however, in response to comments, and further
analysis by HUD, rounding to the nearest $10 is
proposed in this notice.
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survey methodology used) to justify any
proposed changes. Changes may be
proposed in all or any one or more of
the unit-size categories on the schedule.
Recommendations and supporting data
must reflect the rent levels that exist
within the entire FMR area.
For the supporting data, HUD
recommends the use of professionally
conducted RDD telephone surveys to
test the accuracy of FMRs for areas
where there is a sufficient number of
Section 8 units to justify the survey cost
of approximately $35,000–$50,000.
Areas with 2,000 or more program units
usually meet this cost criterion, and
areas with fewer units may meet it if
actual rents for two-bedroom units are
significantly different from the FMRs
proposed by HUD.
PHAs in nonmetropolitan areas may,
in certain circumstances, conduct
surveys of groups of counties. HUD
must approve all county-grouped
surveys in advance. PHAs are cautioned
that the resulting FMRs will not be
identical for the counties surveyed; each
individual FMR area will have a
separate FMR based on the relationship
of rents in that area to the combined
rents in the cluster of FMR areas. In
addition, PHAs are advised that
counties where FMRs are based on the
combined rents in the cluster of FMR
areas will not have their FMRs revised
unless the grouped survey results show
a revised FMR statistically different
from the combined rent level.
PHAs that plan to use the RDD survey
technique should obtain a copy of the
appropriate survey guide. Larger PHAs
should request HUD’s survey guide
entitled ‘‘Random Digit Dialing Surveys:
A Guide to Assist Larger Public Housing
Agencies in Preparing Fair Market Rent
Comments.’’ Smaller PHAs should
obtain the guide entitled ‘‘Rental
Housing Surveys: A Guide to Assist
Smaller Public Housing Agencies in
Preparing Fair Market Rent Comments.’’
These guides are available from HUD
USER on 800–245–2691, or from HUD’s
Web site, in Microsoft Word or Adobe
Acrobat format, at the following
address: https://www.huduser.org/
datasets/fmr.html.
Other survey methodologies are
acceptable in providing data to support
comments, if the survey methodology
can provide statistically reliable,
unbiased estimates of the gross rent.
Survey samples should preferably be
randomly drawn from a complete list of
rental units for the FMR area. If this is
not feasible, the selected sample must
be drawn to be statistically
representative of the entire rental
housing stock of the FMR area. Surveys
must include units at all rent levels and
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be representative by structure type
(including single-family, duplex, and
other small rental properties), age of
housing unit, and geographic location.
The Decennial Census should be used as
a means of verifying if a sample is
representative of the FMR area’s rental
housing stock.
Most surveys cover only one- and
two-bedroom units, which has statistical
advantages. If the survey is statistically
acceptable, HUD will estimate FMRs for
other bedroom sizes using ratios based
on the Decennial Census. A PHA or
contractor that cannot obtain the
recommended number of sample
responses after reasonable efforts should
consult with HUD before abandoning its
survey; in such situations, HUD may
find it appropriate to relax normal
sample size requirements.
HUD will consider increasing
manufactured home space FMRs where
public comment demonstrates that 40
percent of the two-bedroom FMR is not
adequate. In order to be accepted as a
basis for revising the manufactured
home space FMRs, comments must
include a pad rental survey of the
mobile home parks in the area, identify
the utilities included in each park’s
rental fee, and provide a copy of the
applicable public housing authority’s
utility schedule.
While HUD is soliciting comments
concerning the implementation of small
area FMRs and the small area FMR
Demonstration Project under Federal
Register notice (75 FR 27808),
comments may be filed under this
notice on the small area FMRs for
specific areas. HUD will publish a
separate notice requesting volunteers for
participation in a small area FMR
Demonstration project. The forthcoming
notice will include criteria for
determining how volunteers will be
selected. HUD is particularly interested
in comments concerning the proposed
small area FMRs in the Dallas, TX
HMFA and any other area where
commenters can show that the small
area FMRs based on Proposed FY 2011
FMRs are substantially out of line with
local area housing conditions.
Accordingly, the Fair Market Rent
Schedules, which will not be codified in
24 CFR part 888, are proposed to be
amended as shown in the Appendix to
this notice:
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Dated: July 29, 2010.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice
Voucher Program Schedules B and D—
General Explanatory Notes
1. Geographic Coverage
a. Metropolitan Areas—Most FMRs are
market-wide rent estimates that are intended
to provide housing opportunities throughout
the geographic area in which rental-housing
units are in direct competition. HUD is using
the metropolitan CBSAs, which are made up
of one or more counties, as defined by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
with some modifications. HUD is generally
assigning separate FMRs to the component
counties of CBSA Micropolitan Areas. FMRs
in small area demonstration projects are
specific to ZIP codes within a given
Metropolitan area.
b. Modifications to OMB Definitions—
Following OMB guidance, the estimation
procedure for the FY 2011 proposed FMRs
incorporates the current OMB definitions of
metropolitan areas based on the CBSA
standards as implemented with 2000 Census
data, but makes adjustments to the
definitions to separate subparts of these areas
where FMRs or median incomes would
otherwise change significantly if the new
area definitions were used without
modification. In CBSAs where subareas are
established, it is HUD’s view that the
geographic extent of the housing markets are
not yet the same as the geographic extent of
the CBSAs, but may become so in the future
as the social and economic integration of the
CBSA component areas increases.
Modifications to metropolitan CBSA
definitions are made according to a formula
as described below.
Metropolitan area CBSAs (referred to as
MSAs) may be modified to allow for subarea
FMRs within MSAs based on the boundaries
of old FMR areas (OFAs) within the
boundaries of new MSAs. (OFAs are the FMR
areas defined for the FY 2005 FMRs.
Collectively they include 1999-definition
MSAs/Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(PMSAs), metro counties deleted from 1999definition MSAs/PMSAs by HUD for FMR
purposes, and counties and county parts
outside of 1999-definition MSAs/PMSAs
referred to as nonmetropolitan counties.)
Subareas of MSAs are assigned their own
FMRs when the subarea 2000 Census Base
Rent differs by at least 5 percent from (i.e.,
is at most 95 percent or at least 105 percent
of) the MSA 2000 Census Base Rent, or when
the 2000 Census Median Family Income for
the subarea differs by at least 5 percent from
the MSA 2000 Census Median Family
Income. MSA subareas, and the remaining
portions of MSAs after subareas have been
determined, are referred to as HMFAs to
distinguish these areas from OMB’s official
definition of MSAs.
The specific counties and New England
towns and cities within each state in MSAs
and HMFAs are listed in Schedule B.
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2. Bedroom Size Adjustments
Schedule B shows the FMRs for zerobedroom through four-bedroom units. The
FMRs for unit sizes larger than four
bedrooms are calculated by adding 15
percent to the four-bedroom FMR for each
extra bedroom. For example, the FMR for a
five-bedroom unit is 1.15 times the fourbedroom FMR, and the FMR for a sixbedroom unit is 1.30 times the four-bedroom
FMR. FMRs for single-room-occupancy (SRO)
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3. Arrangement of FMR Areas and
Identification of Constituent Parts
a. The FMR areas in Schedule B are listed
alphabetically by metropolitan FMR area and
by nonmetropolitan county within each state.
The exception FMRs for manufactured home
spaces in Schedule D are listed
alphabetically by state.
b. The constituent counties (and New
England towns and cities) included in each
metropolitan FMR area are listed
immediately following the listings of the
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FMR dollar amounts. All constituent parts of
a metropolitan FMR area that are in more
than one state can be identified by consulting
the listings for each applicable state.
c. Two nonmetropolitan counties are listed
alphabetically on each line of the nonmetropolitan county listings.
d. The New England towns and cities
included in a nonmetropolitan county are
listed immediately following the county
name.
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[FR Doc. 2010–19084 Filed 8–3–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210–67–C
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0113
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request approval for the
collection of information for 30 CFR
Part 874—General Reclamation
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SUMMARY:
Comments on the proposed
information collections must be
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received by October 4, 2010, to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments to John
Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951
Constitution Ave., NW., Room 202–SIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Comments may
also be submitted electronically to
jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
receive a copy of the information
collection request contact John Trelease
at (202) 208–2783, or via e-mail at
jtrelease@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13), require that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies the
information collection that OSM will be
submitting to OMB for extension. This
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874.
OSM has revised burden estimates,
where appropriate, to reflect current
reporting levels or adjustments based on
reestimates of burden or respondents.
OSM will request a 3-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
need for the collection of information
for the performance of the functions of
the agency; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collections; and
(4) ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany
OSM’s submission of the information
collection request to OMB.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment-including your
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46958-47024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19084]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5430-N-01]
Proposed Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program
and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program Fiscal Year
2011
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Fair Market Rents
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SUMMARY: Section 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(USHA) requires the Secretary to publish FMRs periodically, but not
less than annually, adjusted to be effective on October 1 of each year.
Today's notice proposes FMRs for FY 2011 to be used to determine
payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program,
to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based
Section 8 contracts, and to determine initial rents for Housing
Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation
Single Room Occupancy program. Other programs may require use of FMRs
for other purposes.
The proposed FY 2011 FMR areas are based on current Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) metropolitan area definitions and include
HUD modifications that were first used in the determination of FY 2006
FMR areas. Changes to the OMB metropolitan area definitions through
December 2009 are incorporated. The principal city for three
metropolitan areas changed, which resulted in a code change. In Alaska,
there was a name change for a nonmetropolitan borough and two boroughs
in Alaska were divided to make four new boroughs.\1\ Proposed FY 2011
FMRs are based on 2000 Census data updated using more current survey
data. For FY 2011, FY 2010 FMRs are updated using 2008 American
Community Survey (ACS) data, and more recent Consumer Price Index (CPI)
rent and utility indexes. HUD continues to use ACS data in different
ways based upon the number of two-bedroom standard-quality and recent-
mover sample cases that are available in the FMR area or its Core-Based
Statistical Area (CBSA).
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\1\ The three metropolitan areas are: North Port-Bradenton-
Sarasota, FL MSA, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL MSA, and
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA. In Alaska, Prince of Wales-
Ketchikan Census Area, AK is changed to Prince of Wales-Hyder Census
Area, AK; the Alaskan borough of Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon is divided
into Skagway and Hoonah-Angoon boroughs; and the Alaskan borough of
Wrangell-Petersburg is divided into Wrangell and Petersburg
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This notice also proposes Small Area FMRs for the Dallas, TX HUD
Metro FMR Area in accordance with a Federal Register Notice published
May 18, 2010, (75 FR27808) announcing a Small Area FMR Demonstration
project.
DATES: Comment Due Date: 30 days after publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
HUD's estimates of the FMRs, as published in this notice, to the Office
of General Counsel, Rules Docket Clerk, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-
0001. Communications should refer to the above docket number and title
and should contain the information specified in the ``Request for
Comments'' section.
Submission of Hard Copy Comments. To ensure that the information is
fully considered by all of the reviewers, each commenter who is
submitting hard copy comments, by mail or hand delivery, is requested
to submit two copies of its comments to the address above, one
addressed to the attention of the Rules Docket Clerk and the other
addressed to the attention of Economic and Market
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Analysis Division staff in the appropriate HUD field office. Due to
security measures at all federal agencies, submission of comments by
mail often results in delayed delivery. To ensure timely receipt of
comments, HUD recommends that any comments submitted by mail be
submitted at least 2 weeks in advance of the public comment deadline.
Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to
submit comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments
allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment,
ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately
available to the public. Comments submitted electronically through the
https://www.regulations.gov website can be viewed by other commenters
and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Comments. All comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available, without charge, for public
inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters building, an
advance appointment to review the public comments must be scheduled by
calling the Regulations Division at 202-708-3055 (this is not a toll-
free number). Copies of all comments submitted are available for
inspection and downloading at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information on the
methodology used to develop FMRs or a listing of all FMRs, please call
the HUD USER information line at (800) 245-2691 or access the
information on the HUD Web site https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or 50th percentile in Schedule B.
For informational purposes, 40th percentile recent-mover rents for the
areas with 50th percentile FMRs will be provided in the HUD FY 2011 FMR
documentation system at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/index.asp?data=fmr11 and 50th percentile rents for all FMR areas
will be published at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/50per.html
after publication of final FY 2011 FMRs.
In addition to FMRs calculated across an entire metropolitan area,
HUD will operate Small Area FMR demonstration projects for the HCV
program in selected metropolitan areas. A copy of the Federal Register
notice announcing this program can be accessed at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2010f/Small_Area_FMRs.pdf. A
system for looking up Small Area Rents based on Proposed FY2011 FMRs is
available at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/index_sa.html.
Questions related to use of FMRs or voucher payment standards
should be directed to the respective local HUD program staff. Questions
on how to conduct FMR surveys or concerning further methodological
explanations may be addressed to Marie L. Lihn or Peter B. Kahn,
Economic and Market Analysis Division, Office of Economic Affairs,
Office of Policy Development and Research, telephone 202-708-0590.
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service
at 800-877-8339. (Other than the HUD USER information line and TDD
numbers, telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 8 of the USHA (42 U.S.C. 1437f) authorizes housing
assistance to aid lower-income families in renting safe and decent
housing. Housing assistance payments are limited by FMRs established by
HUD for different geographic areas. In the HCV program, the FMR is the
basis for determining the ``payment standard amount'' used to calculate
the maximum monthly subsidy for an assisted family (see 24 CFR
982.503). In general, the FMR for an area is the amount that would be
needed to pay the gross rent (shelter rent plus utilities) of privately
owned, decent, and safe rental housing of a modest (non-luxury) nature
with suitable amenities. In addition, all rents subsidized under the
HCV program must meet reasonable rent standards. The interim rule
published on October 2, 2000 (65 FR 58870), established 50th percentile
FMRs for certain areas.
Electronic Data Availability: This Federal Register notice is
available electronically from the HUD User page at https://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html. Federal Register notices also are
available electronically from https://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/,
the U.S. Government Printing Office Web site. Complete documentation of
the methodology and data used to compute each area's proposed FY 2011
FMRs is available at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/index.asp?data=fmr11.
II. Procedures for the Development of FMRs
Section 8(c) of the USHA requires the Secretary of HUD to publish
FMRs periodically, but not less frequently than annually. Section 8(c)
states, in part, as follows:
Proposed fair market rentals for an area shall be published in
the Federal Register with reasonable time for public comment and
shall become effective upon the date of publication in final form in
the Federal Register. Each fair market rental in effect under this
subsection shall be adjusted to be effective on October 1 of each
year to reflect changes, based on the most recent available data
trended so the rentals will be current for the year to which they
apply, of rents for existing or newly constructed rental dwelling
units, as the case may be, of various sizes and types in this
section.
HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 888 provide that HUD will develop
proposed FMRs, publish them for public comment, provide a public
comment period of at least 30 days, analyze the comments, and publish
final FMRs. (See 24 CFR 888.115.)
In addition, HUD's regulations at 24 CFR 888.113 set out procedures
for HUD to assess whether areas are eligible for FMRs at the 50th
percentile. Minimally qualified areas are reviewed each year unless not
qualified to be reviewed. Areas are not qualified to be reviewed if
they have been made a 50th percentile area within the last three years
or have lost 50th percentile status for failure to de-concentrate
within the last three years.
For FY 2010 there are 17 areas using 50th percentile FMRs. None of
these areas were evaluated for the FY 2011 FMRs because they have not
completed 3 years of program participation since their last review, so
all 17 areas will continue to use 50th percentile FMRs. Ten of these
current 50th-percentile FMR areas will be up for review again in
computation of the FY 2012 FMRs, and are listed below:
FY 2011 50th-Percentile FMR Areas Slated for Eligibility Evaluation in FY 2012
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Albuquerque, NM MSA......................... Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HMFA.\2\
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Denver-Aurora, CO MSA....................... Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford,
CT HMFA.
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX HMFA......... Kansas City, MO-KS, HMFA.
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA....... North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA.
Richmond, VA HMFA........................... Tacoma, WA HMFA.
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The remaining 7 50th percentile FMR areas will complete three years
in the program and be reviewed for the FY 2013 FMRs, as shown below:
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\2\ HMFA stands for HUD Metropolitan FMR Area.
FY 2011 50th-Percentile FMR Areas Slated for Eligibility Evaluation in FY 2013
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Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA..................... Fort Lauderdale, FL HMFA.
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI HMFA................ New Haven-Meriden, CT HMFA.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,
MSA. DC-VA-MD HMFA.
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HMFA..........
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In addition to these 17 50th percentile FMR areas, a new area,
Bergen-Passaic, NJ HMFA, meets all of the criteria to be eligible to
use 50th percentile FMRs, so for FY 2011 there are 18 50th percentile
FMR areas. Under current regulations, Bergen-Passaic, NJ HMFA, will be
in the 50th percentile program for three years and re-evaluated when
the FY 2014 FMRs are being calculated.
III. FMR Methodology
This section provides a brief overview of how the FY 2011 FMRs are
computed. For complete information on how FMR areas are determined, and
on how each area's FMRs are derived, see the online documentation at:
https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/index.asp?data=fmr11.
The FY 2011 FMRs are based on current OMB metropolitan area
definitions and standards that were first used in the FY 2006 FMRs. OMB
changes to the metropolitan area definitions through December 2009 are
incorporated. As of December 2009, there was a change in the principal
city of three metropolitan areas that resulted in a code change. These
three metropolitan areas are: North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA,
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL MSA, and Steubenville-Weirton,
OH-WV MSA. In Alaska, there was a name change for a nonmetropolitan
borough, from Prince of Wales-Ketchikan Census Area, AK to Prince of
Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK; and two other Alaskan boroughs were
divided, from Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon to Skagway and Hoonah-Angoon
boroughs; and from Wrangell-Petersburg to Wrangell and Petersburg
boroughs.
A. Data Sources--2000 Census, the American Community Survey, and the
Consumer Price Index
As in all post-FY 2006 FMR publications, FY 2011 FMRs start with
base rents generated using Census 2000 long form survey data. They are
updated with American Community Survey (ACS) data and Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. FY 2011 FMRs are FY 2010
FMRs updated by replacing the CPI data used for FY 2010 FMRs with ACS
2008 survey data and updated CPI data. Specifically, the FY 2010 rent
(as of date: April, 2010) is deflated to June, 2007 by dividing it by
18 months of CPI data representing June 2007 through December 2008
inflation, and the usual 15 month trend factor. This June 2007 rent is
the best rent estimate available using only ACS survey data available
last year and eliminating all other update data. It is this rent that
will be updated with additional ACS data and new CPI data.
In order to preserve additional information gathered by HUD through
random digit dialing (RDD) surveys, areas surveyed after June 2007 are
updated separately, the details of which can be found at the Web site
listed above.
B. Updates from 2007 to 2008--2008 ACS
ACS survey data continues to be applied to areas based on the type
of area (CBSA, metropolitan subarea, or non-metropolitan county), the
amount of survey data available, and the reliability of the survey
estimates. Both one- and three-year ACS 2008 data are used to update
June 2007 rents. All areas are updated with the change from 2007 to
2008 in state or metropolitan one-year standard quality median rents.
HUD considered using the change in the three-year 2005-2007 ACS to
three-year 2006-2008 ACS in place of the change from 2007 one-year ACS
to 2008 one-year ACS, but the nature of the 3 year data mutes the
effects of the more recent data, which HUD finds more important for
achieving the objectives of the HCV program. So HUD used the change in
ACS one year data from 2007 to 2008 for the update in all cases.
Beginning with the FY 2010 FMRs, HUD tests these rent changes for
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before applying them to the appropriate base rent. Any state- or
metropolitan-level change that is not statistically significant is not
applied. That is, the updated 2008 rent is the same as the 2007 rent if
the applicable update factor does not represent a statistically
significant change. HUD applied this test as a measure to minimize
fluctuations in rents due to survey error. HUD uses metropolitan-level
rent changes for CBSA areas and subareas that have more than 200
standard quality sample cases in 2007 and 2008. All other areas are
updated with state-level rent changes. For subareas, State and CBSA
change factors continue to be selected based on which factor brings the
subarea rent closer to the CBSA-wide rent. HUD updates subareas that
have 200 or more local standard quality survey observations with their
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After all areas have been updated with a standard quality median
rent change, HUD evaluates further local areas with estimates that
reflect more than 200 one-year recent mover cases. If the updated rent
is outside the confidence interval of the ACS recent mover estimate,
the updated rent is replaced with the ACS recent mover rent estimate.
In areas without 200 or more one-year ACS recent mover observations,
but with 200 or more three-year ACS recent mover observations, HUD uses
the three year estimate \4\ if it is statistically different from the
updated 2008 rent based on the standard quality median rent change.
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all those who moved in the most recent 24 month period. That means
that no 2006 survey data are included in this ``three-year'' recent
mover classification and the likelihood of having a valid (with 200
or more sample cases) three-year recent mover rent is lower for
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C. Updates from 2008 to 2009
ACS 2008 data updates the June 2007 rents used in the FY 2010 FMRs
forward by 12 months to June 2008. HUD uses six months of 2008 and 12
months of 2009 CPI rent and utilities price index data to update the
June 2008 rents to the end of 2009. HUD uses Local CPI data for FMR
areas with at least 75 percent of their population within Class A
metropolitan areas covered by local CPI data. HUD uses Census region
CPI data for FMR areas in Class B and C size metropolitan areas and
nonmetropolitan areas without local CPI update factors.
D. Updates from 2009 to 2011
The national 1990 to 2000 average annual rent increase trend of 3
percent is applied to end-of-2009 rents for 15 months, to derive the
proposed FY 2011 FMRs.
The area-specific data and computations used to calculate proposed
FY 2011 FMRs and FMR area definitions can be found at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/index.asp?data=fmr11.
E. Bedroom Rent Adjustments
HUD calculates the primary FMR estimates for two-bedroom units.
This is generally the most common size of rental units and, therefore,
the most reliable to survey and analyze. After each Decennial Census,
HUD calculates rent relationships between two-bedroom units and other
unit sizes and uses them to set FMRs for other units. HUD does this
because it is much easier to update two-bedroom estimates and to use
pre-established cost relationships with other bedroom sizes than it is
to develop independent FMR estimates for each bedroom size. HUD did the
last update of bedroom-rent relationships using 2000 Census data. A
publicly releasable version of the data file used for the derivations
of rent ratios is available at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/CensusRentData/.
HUD made adjustments using 2000 Census data to establish rent
ratios for areas with local bedroom-size intervals above or below what
are considered reasonable ranges, or where sample sizes are inadequate
to accurately measure bedroom rent differentials. Experience has shown
that highly unusual bedroom ratios typically reflect inadequate sample
sizes or peculiar local circumstances that HUD would not want to
utilize in setting FMRs (e.g., luxury efficiency apartments that rent
for more than typical one-bedroom units). HUD established bedroom
interval ranges based on an analysis of the range of such intervals for
all areas with large enough samples to permit accurate bedroom ratio
determinations. These ranges are: efficiency FMRs are constrained to
fall between 0.65 and 0.83 of the two-bedroom FMR; one-bedroom FMRs
must be between 0.76 and 0.90 of the two-bedroom FMR; three-bedroom
FMRs must be between 1.10 and 1.34 of the two-bedroom FMR; and four-
bedroom FMRs must be between 1.14 and 1.63 of the two-bedroom FMR. HUD
adjusts bedroom rents for a given FMR area if the differentials between
bedroom-size FMRs were inconsistent with normally observed patterns
(i.e., efficiency rents are not allowed to be higher than one-bedroom
rents and four-bedroom rents are not allowed to be lower than three-
bedroom rents).
HUD further adjusts the rents for three-bedroom and larger units to
reflect HUD's policy to set higher rents for these units than would
result from using unadjusted market rents. This adjustment is intended
to increase the likelihood that the largest families, who have the most
difficulty in leasing units, will be successful in finding eligible
program units. The adjustment adds bonuses of 8.7 percent to the
unadjusted three-bedroom FMR estimates and adds 7.7 percent to the
unadjusted four-bedroom FMR estimates. The FMRs for unit sizes larger
than four bedrooms are calculated by adding 15 percent to the four-
bedroom FMR for each extra bedroom. For example, the FMR for a five-
bedroom unit is 1.15 times the four-bedroom FMR, and the FMR for a six-
bedroom unit is 1.30 times the four-bedroom FMR. FMRs for single-room
occupancy units are 0.75 times the zero-bedroom (efficiency) FMR.
For low-population, nonmetropolitan counties with small 2000 Census
samples of recent-mover rents, HUD uses Census-defined county group
data to determine rents for each bedroom size. HUD made this adjustment
to protect against unrealistically high or low FMRs due to insufficient
sample sizes. The areas covered by this estimation method had less than
the HUD standard of 200 two-bedroom, Census-tabulated observations.
IV. Manufactured Home Space Surveys
The FMR used to establish payment standard amounts for the rental
of manufactured home spaces in the HCV program is 40 percent of the FMR
for a two-bedroom unit. HUD will consider modification of the
manufactured home space FMRs where public comments present
statistically valid survey data showing the 40th-percentile
manufactured home space rent (including the cost of utilities) for the
entire FMR area.
All approved exceptions to these rents that were in effect in FY
2010 were updated to FY 2011 using the same data used to estimate the
Housing Choice Voucher program FMRs if the respective FMR area's
definition remained the same. If the result of this computation was
higher than 40 percent of the new two-bedroom rent, the exception
remains and is listed in Schedule D. The FMR area definitions used for
the rental of manufactured home spaces are the same as the area
definitions used for the other FMRs. Areas with definitional changes
that previously had exception manufactured housing space rental FMRs
are requested to submit new surveys to justify higher-than-standard
space rental FMRs if they believe higher-space rental allowances are
needed.
V. Methodology for Small-Area FMRs
Use of metropolitan area-wide FMRs allows HUD's Section 8 Voucher
Tenants access to different parts of a metropolitan area; however,
because FMRs generally are set at the 40th percentile of the
metropolitan rent distribution, certain neighborhoods may not have many
units available in the FMR range. That is why HUD has an exception rent
policy that allows payments standards to be set much higher (or much
lower) than the FMR, but this policy is dependent on a showing of
program need in terms of whether or not suitable housing is available.
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by U.S. Postal Service ZIP codes, as the basis for publishing FMRs in
metropolitan areas. For non-metropolitan areas, HUD would continue to
use counties as the basis for publishing FMRs.
The most recent data regarding rents, incomes and other socio-
economic information collected by the U.S. Census Bureau comes from the
ACS. At this time, only one-year and three-year ACS tables are
available. ACS five-year data are expected to have sufficient data at
the Small Area level available to permit the calculation of
statistically reliable FMRs for many ZIP codes in metropolitan areas.
However, the first publication of five-year ACS data does not begin
until the fourth quarter of 2010, so for the Small Area FMR
Demonstration Projects, HUD must use a different data source; HUD will
use data from the 2000 Decennial Census to estimate the rental rate
relationship between the OMB-defined CBSA and each ZIP code within the
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so that a ZIP Code may contain parts of a metropolitan area and one
(or more) nonmetropolitan county (counties), or part of another
metropolitan CBSA. As in current FMR policy, nonmetropolitan
counties would not be broken along ZIP code or any other lines under
the Small-Area FMR policy. ZIP Codes that span more than one
metropolitan CBSA would have different FMRs in each CBSA as they do
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Before a rental relationship can be determined, HUD first
eliminates any records where there were zero occupied units for
occupants paying cash rent. HUD then aggregates these rental
distribution data for each CBSA and calculates a median (50th
percentile) gross rent across all bedroom sizes. These CBSA median
gross rents serve as the denominator in the rental rate relationship
calculation. HUD then aggregates the rental distributions for each ZIP
code within a given CBSA (ZIP codes can cross county boundaries;
therefore, there may be multiple records for each ZIP code within a
single CBSA, and HUD aggregates these multiple records). HUD calculates
a median gross rent for each ZIP code (or ZIP code part for ZIP codes
spanning CBSA boundaries). HUD restricts the use of ZIP code level
median gross rents to those areas that have at least 1,000 cash rental
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HUD calculates the rental rate relationship in the following manner
for those ZIP codes within the metropolitan area that have 1,000 or
more cash rental units:
Rental Rate Ratio = Median Gross Rent for ZIP Code area/Median Gross
Rent for CBSA
The rental rate relationship is capped at 150 percent for areas
that would otherwise be greater. If the ZIP code within the CBSA does
not have 1,000 cash rental units, then the rental rate relationship is
calculated as:
Rental Rate Ratio = Median Gross Rent STCO/Median Gross Rent of the
CBSA
where STCO is the County within the State containing the ZIP Code.\7\
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small area. HUD chose ZIP Codes because they localize rents, and a
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Rent in the numerator is calculated as the rental unit weighted
average of the Median Gross rents for each county containing the ZIP
code.
The individual ZIP-code-level two-bedroom FMR for each part of the
FMR area is the product of the rental rate ratio and the two-bedroom
FMR for that area's CBSA as calculated using methods employed for past
metropolitan area FMR estimates and as specified in this Notice. HUD
then compares this product to the state non-metropolitan minimum two-
bedroom rent for the state the area is located in and if the ZIP code
rent determined using the rental rate ratio is less than the minimum,
the ZIP code rent is set at the non-metropolitan minimum for that
state. HUD estimates the relationship between two bedroom units and
other bedroom sizes from decennial census data and then holds it
constant until superseded by more recent data. HUD will calculate Small
Area FMRs for other bedroom sizes based on the bedroom size
relationships estimated for the large area of geography. HUD
anticipates updating the bedroom rental rate ratios with the release of
five-year ACS data (covering 2005 through 2009), and then once every
five years when the five-year ACS sample is completely replaced.\8\ The
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to believe that updating bedroom ratios on a more frequent basis
would provide many changes. The current bedroom ratios are
constrained by ranges that reflect the average relationship to the
2-bedroom rent and for the 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom rents bonuses
have been added to assist with the operation of the Section 8
program.
\9\ Calculation parameters such as the 150% cap and the rounding
of Small Area FMRs to the nearest $10 were topics for public comment
as requested in HUD's May 18, 2010 Federal Register Notice (75 FR
27808). The comment period for that notice ended on July 19, 2010.
The parameters listed in this notice may be changed subject to the
comments filed in relation to the May 18, 2010 notice or based on
the comments filed in response to this notice. As an example, the
May 18, 2010 notice discussed rounding Small Area FMRs to the
nearest $25; however, in response to comments, and further analysis
by HUD, rounding to the nearest $10 is proposed in this notice.
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Small Area FMRs for all metropolitan areas are available for
viewing and download on the Internet at: https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr.html. These have been updated using proposed FY 2011 FMRs
as the basis and posted on the Web site. HUD is publishing proposed
Small Area FMRs for the Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area in this notice as
HUD has determined that the Dallas area will be a participant in the
Small Area FMR Demonstration project.
VI. Additional Participation in the Small Area FMR Demonstration
Project
Additional eligible PHAs may request participation in the Small
Area Demonstration Project. To be eligible, the PHA or a group of PHAs
must represent at least 80 percent of the Section 8 voucher tenants in
a metropolitan area. Any PHA that is part of the Demonstration Project
must use payment schedules based on these Small Area FMRs, beginning
October 1, 2010 or when they are designated as a Small Area
Demonstration Project in a subsequent Federal Register Notice. HUD
assumes that the need for rent reasonableness studies will be reduced
by using Small Area FMRs and is requesting information on rent
reasonableness study results for Small Area FMR Demonstration Project
areas. HUD is requesting that participating PHAs provide HUD with
information on how long it takes tenants to find housing, and if this
is less than the time spent when metropolitan FMRs were used; the
distribution of tenants in areas above and below the metropolitan FMR;
and the payment standards used for the Small Area FMRs. HUD would also
request information on landlord actions in areas where the Small Area
FMR is significantly lower or higher than the metropolitan FMR, and on
tenants' interest in using vouchers in the new higher rent areas. HUD
also would like to hear if the PHAs are experiencing any administrative
issues.
VII. Request for Public Comments
HUD seeks public comments on FMR levels for specific areas.
Comments on FMR levels must include sufficient information (including
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be proposed in all or any one or more of the unit-size categories on
the schedule. Recommendations and supporting data must reflect the rent
levels that exist within the entire FMR area.
For the supporting data, HUD recommends the use of professionally
conducted RDD telephone surveys to test the accuracy of FMRs for areas
where there is a sufficient number of Section 8 units to justify the
survey cost of approximately $35,000-$50,000. Areas with 2,000 or more
program units usually meet this cost criterion, and areas with fewer
units may meet it if actual rents for two-bedroom units are
significantly different from the FMRs proposed by HUD.
PHAs in nonmetropolitan areas may, in certain circumstances,
conduct surveys of groups of counties. HUD must approve all county-
grouped surveys in advance. PHAs are cautioned that the resulting FMRs
will not be identical for the counties surveyed; each individual FMR
area will have a separate FMR based on the relationship of rents in
that area to the combined rents in the cluster of FMR areas. In
addition, PHAs are advised that counties where FMRs are based on the
combined rents in the cluster of FMR areas will not have their FMRs
revised unless the grouped survey results show a revised FMR
statistically different from the combined rent level.
PHAs that plan to use the RDD survey technique should obtain a copy
of the appropriate survey guide. Larger PHAs should request HUD's
survey guide entitled ``Random Digit Dialing Surveys: A Guide to Assist
Larger Public Housing Agencies in Preparing Fair Market Rent
Comments.'' Smaller PHAs should obtain the guide entitled ``Rental
Housing Surveys: A Guide to Assist Smaller Public Housing Agencies in
Preparing Fair Market Rent Comments.'' These guides are available from
HUD USER on 800-245-2691, or from HUD's Web site, in Microsoft Word or
Adobe Acrobat format, at the following address: https://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html.
Other survey methodologies are acceptable in providing data to
support comments, if the survey methodology can provide statistically
reliable, unbiased estimates of the gross rent. Survey samples should
preferably be randomly drawn from a complete list of rental units for
the FMR area. If this is not feasible, the selected sample must be
drawn to be statistically representative of the entire rental housing
stock of the FMR area. Surveys must include units at all rent levels
and be representative by structure type (including single-family,
duplex, and other small rental properties), age of housing unit, and
geographic location. The Decennial Census should be used as a means of
verifying if a sample is representative of the FMR area's rental
housing stock.
Most surveys cover only one- and two-bedroom units, which has
statistical advantages. If the survey is statistically acceptable, HUD
will estimate FMRs for other bedroom sizes using ratios based on the
Decennial Census. A PHA or contractor that cannot obtain the
recommended number of sample responses after reasonable efforts should
consult with HUD before abandoning its survey; in such situations, HUD
may find it appropriate to relax normal sample size requirements.
HUD will consider increasing manufactured home space FMRs where
public comment demonstrates that 40 percent of the two-bedroom FMR is
not adequate. In order to be accepted as a basis for revising the
manufactured home space FMRs, comments must include a pad rental survey
of the mobile home parks in the area, identify the utilities included
in each park's rental fee, and provide a copy of the applicable public
housing authority's utility schedule.
While HUD is soliciting comments concerning the implementation of
small area FMRs and the small area FMR Demonstration Project under
Federal Register notice (75 FR 27808), comments may be filed under this
notice on the small area FMRs for specific areas. HUD will publish a
separate notice requesting volunteers for participation in a small area
FMR Demonstration project. The forthcoming notice will include criteria
for determining how volunteers will be selected. HUD is particularly
interested in comments concerning the proposed small area FMRs in the
Dallas, TX HMFA and any other area where commenters can show that the
small area FMRs based on Proposed FY 2011 FMRs are substantially out of
line with local area housing conditions.
Accordingly, the Fair Market Rent Schedules, which will not be
codified in 24 CFR part 888, are proposed to be amended as shown in the
Appendix to this notice:
Dated: July 29, 2010.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program Schedules B
and D--General Explanatory Notes
1. Geographic Coverage
a. Metropolitan Areas--Most FMRs are market-wide rent estimates
that are intended to provide housing opportunities throughout the
geographic area in which rental-housing units are in direct
competition. HUD is using the metropolitan CBSAs, which are made up
of one or more counties, as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), with some modifications. HUD is generally assigning
separate FMRs to the component counties of CBSA Micropolitan Areas.
FMRs in small area demonstration projects are specific to ZIP codes
within a given Metropolitan area.
b. Modifications to OMB Definitions-- Following OMB guidance,
the estimation procedure for the FY 2011 proposed FMRs incorporates
the current OMB definitions of metropolitan areas based on the CBSA
standards as implemented with 2000 Census data, but makes
adjustments to the definitions to separate subparts of these areas
where FMRs or median incomes would otherwise change significantly if
the new area definitions were used without modification. In CBSAs
where subareas are established, it is HUD's view that the geographic
extent of the housing markets are not yet the same as the geographic
extent of the CBSAs, but may become so in the future as the social
and economic integration of the CBSA component areas increases.
Modifications to metropolitan CBSA definitions are made according to
a formula as described below.
Metropolitan area CBSAs (referred to as MSAs) may be modified to
allow for subarea FMRs within MSAs based on the boundaries of old
FMR areas (OFAs) within the boundaries of new MSAs. (OFAs are the
FMR areas defined for the FY 2005 FMRs. Collectively they include
1999-definition MSAs/Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs),
metro counties deleted from 1999-definition MSAs/PMSAs by HUD for
FMR purposes, and counties and county parts outside of 1999-
definition MSAs/PMSAs referred to as nonmetropolitan counties.)
Subareas of MSAs are assigned their own FMRs when the subarea 2000
Census Base Rent differs by at least 5 percent from (i.e., is at
most 95 percent or at least 105 percent of) the MSA 2000 Census Base
Rent, or when the 2000 Census Median Family Income for the subarea
differs by at least 5 percent from the MSA 2000 Census Median Family
Income. MSA subareas, and the remaining portions of MSAs after
subareas have been determined, are referred to as HMFAs to
distinguish these areas from OMB's official definition of MSAs.
The specific counties and New England towns and cities within
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Schedule B shows the FMRs for zero-bedroom through four-bedroom
units. The FMRs for unit sizes larger than four bedrooms are
calculated by adding 15 percent to the four-bedroom FMR for each
extra bedroom. For example, the FMR for a five-bedroom unit is 1.15
times the four-bedroom FMR, and the FMR for a six-bedroom unit is
1.30 times the four-bedroom FMR. FMRs for single-room-occupancy
(SRO) units are 0.75 times the zero-bedroom FMR.
3. Arrangement of FMR Areas and Identification of Constituent Parts
a. The FMR areas in Schedule B are listed alphabetically by
metropolitan FMR area and by nonmetropolitan county within each
state. The exception FMRs for manufactured home spaces in Schedule D
are listed alphabetically by state.
b. The constituent counties (and New England towns and cities)
included in each metropolitan FMR area are listed immediately
following the listings of the FMR dollar amounts. All constituent
parts of a metropolitan FMR area that are in more than one state can
be identified by consulting the listings for each applicable state.
c. Two nonmetropolitan counties are listed alphabetically on
each line of the non-metropolitan county listings.
d. The New England towns and cities included in a
nonmetropolitan county are listed immediately following the county
name.
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[FR Doc. 2010-19084 Filed 8-3-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-C