HUD has released a map-based app for iPhone and Android that will allow users to search Fair Market Rents (FMRs) and income limits by current location or by metropolitan area, county, zip code and/or address. HUD annually estimates FMRs for 530 metropolitan areas and 2,045 nonmetropolitan county FMR areas and sets income limits annually to determine the eligibility of applicants for HUD’s assisted housing programs. FMRs are used to determine payment standard amounts for the various assisted housing programs and to serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME rental assistance program. The app will allow users to determine payment amounts and rent thresholds for HUD’s housing assistance programs, and discover the income limits established by HUD for households of different sizes in each location to determine eligibility for a variety of programs.

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