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    • Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMR) Zip Code Tabulation Areas

    Metadata Updated: March 11, 2026

    This feature service outlines relationships between Zip Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) used to denote Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) and the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) calculated for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and County geographies. Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are FMRs calculated for ZIP Codes within Metropolitan Areas. Small Area FMRs are required to be used to set Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards in areas designated by HUD (available here). Other Housing Agencies operating in non-designated metropolitan areas may opt-in to the use of Small Area FMRs. Furthermore, Small Area FMRs may be used as the basis for setting Exception Payment Standards – PHAs may set exception payment standards up to 110 percent of the Small Area FMR. PHAs administering Public Housing units may use Small Area FMRs as an alternative to metropolitan area-wide FMRs when calculating Flat Rents.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date June 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 11, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from HUD JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date June 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 11, 2026
    Publisher Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Maintainer
    Identifier 6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e_0
    Data First Published 2021-04-28T14:11:00.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-02T20:29:32.170Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 025:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://hud.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default&output=html
    Harvest Object Id 5deed338-a742-4282-98ff-3b34c2d71ca3
    Harvest Source Id c98ee13b-1e1a-4350-a47e-1bf13aaa35d6
    Harvest Source Title HUD JSON
    Homepage URL https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 025:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1344e16d5f673d065690916dd4123ff246652d0f73c550be7e298bfc0ad4c3d8
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":-124.733253,24.544245,-124.733253,49.388611,-66.954811,49.388611,-66.954811,24.544245,-124.733253,24.544245}

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