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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2027 · Effective Oct 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2027

Fair Market Rent in Cidra Municipio, Puerto Rico (FY 2027)

$617 a month. That's HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Cidra Municipio, and it's the baseline every voucher in Cidra is measured against.

Two-bedroom FMR

$617

+7.1% from FY 2026

Payment standard

$555–$679

90% to 110% of the FMR, two-bedroom

Income to afford

$24,680

a year, with rent at 30% of income

Rank in Puerto Rico

34th of 78

by two-bedroom FMR, highest first

FY 2027 Fair Market Rents

Payment standard is the 90% to 110% band a housing authority can set. Income needed puts rent at 30% of gross income, and the hourly wage assumes a 40-hour week.

BedroomsFMRPayment standardIncome neededHourly wagevs FY 2026
Studio$482$434–$530$19,280$9.27/hr+2.1%
1 bedroom$502$452–$552$20,080$9.65/hr+5.7%
2 bedroom$617$555–$679$24,680$11.87/hr+7.1%
3 bedroom$854$769–$939$34,160$16.42/hr+6.6%
4 bedroom$1,031$928–$1,134$41,240$19.83/hr+6.7%
Five to eight bedrooms (PropMetrics estimates)

HUD stops at four bedrooms. These add 15% of the four-bedroom rent per extra bedroom. It's our estimate, not a HUD number.

BedroomsEstimated FMRPayment standard
5 bedroom Estimate$1,186$1,067–$1,305
6 bedroom Estimate$1,340$1,206–$1,474
7 bedroom Estimate$1,495$1,346–$1,645
8 bedroom Estimate$1,650$1,485–$1,815

Source: HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, FY 2027 Fair Market Rents. Rents include utilities. huduser.gov

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What a voucher pays here

The voucher doesn't pay the FMR itself. It pays the payment standard. Housing authorities set it anywhere from 90% to 110% of FMR, which puts a two-bedroom standard in Cidra somewhere between $555 and $679. The tenant pays roughly 30% of their income, the voucher covers the rest up to the standard, and the PHA won't approve a rent above what comparable unassisted units get.

$617 a month is affordable, by HUD's 30% rule, on an income of roughly $24,680 a year. Put another way, $12 an hour full time.

Worked example for a two-bedroom renting at the payment standard. The tenant pays 30% of monthly income and the voucher covers the rest.

Monthly household incomeTenant pays (30%)Voucher pays at 90%$555Voucher pays at 100%$617Voucher pays at 110%$679
$2,500$750$0$0$0
$4,000$1,200$0$0$0
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Rate history

The two-bedroom rate went up 7% from FY 2026 ($576) to FY 2027 ($617). Since FY 2020 it's up 27% in total, about 3.5% a year. The Puerto Rico median moved up 9% over the same year.

Fiscal yearStudio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR2BR change
FY 2020$381$426$485$682$803—
FY 2021$384$433$494$691$842+1.9%
FY 2022$405$438$505$710$864+2.2%
FY 2023$445$456$522$742$889+3.4%
FY 2024$511$511$589$830$1,000+12.8%
FY 2025$490$493$577$809$969-2.0%
FY 2026$472$475$576$801$966-0.2%
FY 2027In effect$482$502$617$854$1,031+7.1%

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About this rate

Fair Market Rent is HUD's estimate of what a modest, decent unit rents for in an area, utilities included. It's set once a year and runs October to September. For FY 2027 that's October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. In Cidra, that runs from $482 for a studio up to $1,031 for four bedrooms, all five rates in the table above.

This is a metro rate. The municipio doesn't get one of its own. HUD lumps Cidra in with 4 other municipios in the Caguas metro, Caguas Municipio, Cayey Municipio, Gurabo Municipio among them, and every one of them gets $617 for a two-bedroom. Where you are inside the metro doesn't change the municipio number. It does change the ZIP number, covered below.

Among Puerto Rico's 78 counties, Cidra ranks 34th for two-bedroom FMR. That's within a couple percent of the state median of $613 and about 42% below the national median county at $1,063. About 39,643 people live here, 22nd in the state.

Counties sharing the Caguas metro rate

HUD sets one rate for the whole metro, so every county here carries the same $617 two-bedroom figure as Cidra.

Questions people ask

$617 a month for FY 2027, which runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The other rates are $482 for a studio, $502 for one bedroom, $854 for three and $1,031 for four.

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