Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2001

Section 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 requires the Secretary to publish FMRs annually to be effective on October 1 of each year. FMRs are used to establish payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher program; to determine initial contract rents in new commitments for Section 8 project-based assistance (e.g., the project-based voucher program); to determine whether comparability applies to adjustment of contract rents during the term of an existing HAP contract in the Section 8 new construction, substantial rehabilitation and moderate rehabilitation programs; and as a limit on renewal rents for certain Section 8 projects. The FMRs also apply to any other programs requiring their use. Today's notice establishes final FY 2001 FMRs for all areas. These FMRs reflect the estimated 40th percentile rent levels trended to April 1, 2001.