HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026 · effective Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Fair Market Rent in Radford city, Virginia (FY 2026)
HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Radford city is $1,271 a month. That's the number the housing authority starts from when it sets Section 8 payment standards here.
2 bedroom FMR
$1,271
FY 2026, utilities included
Payment standard range
$1,144 to $1,398
90% to 110% of FMR
Income to afford 2BR
$50,840
per year, at 30% of income
Rank in Virginia
61st of 133
by 2BR FMR
HUD has already published FY 2027. On October 1, 2026 the two-bedroom rate in Radford moves to $1,340. That's up 5%. The full FY 2027 table is in the history section below.
HUD's number is one input. What does a two-bedroom in Radford actually rent for?
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FY 2026 Fair Market Rents
| Bedrooms | FMR | Payment standard | Income needed | Hourly wage | vs FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $910 | $819 to $1,001 | $36,400 | $17.50/hr | -1.6% |
| 1 bedroom | $993 | $894 to $1,092 | $39,720 | $19.10/hr | +2.6% |
| 2 bedroom | $1,271 | $1,144 to $1,398 | $50,840 | $24.44/hr | +3.2% |
| 3 bedroom | $1,706 | $1,535 to $1,877 | $68,240 | $32.81/hr | +3.6% |
| 4 bedroom | $2,132 | $1,919 to $2,345 | $85,280 | $41.00/hr | +3.1% |
5 to 8 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.
| Bedrooms | Estimated FMR | Payment standard |
|---|---|---|
| 5 bedroom Estimate | $2,452 | $2,207 to $2,697 |
| 6 bedroom Estimate | $2,772 | $2,495 to $3,049 |
| 7 bedroom Estimate | $3,091 | $2,782 to $3,400 |
| 8 bedroom Estimate | $3,411 | $3,070 to $3,752 |
Source: HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, FY 2026 Fair Market Rents. Rents include utilities. huduser.gov
HUD sets Fair Market Rent once a year, based on what typical units in the area actually rent for, with utilities folded in. FY 2026 runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, and in Radford city the five published rates run from $910 to $2,132, studio through four bedrooms.
Radford doesn't get its own number. It sits inside the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro and shares one rate with one other city, including Montgomery County. HUD sets metro FMRs from rents across the whole metro, which is why a rural corner of a big metro can carry a city-sized rate.
The state median two-bedroom FMR is $1,254. Radford comes in at $1,271, within a couple percent of that, and ranks 61st of 133 in Virginia. Against the national median county ($1,018) it's about 25% above. Population is around 16,379.
Counties sharing the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro rate
Rates by ZIP code
HUD also publishes Small Area FMRs by ZIP code. For the 2 ZIP codes it covers in Radford, the two-bedroom rate is $1,110 across the board, so there's no ZIP-level story here.
What a voucher pays here
The FMR isn't the check you'd receive. Your local housing authority turns it into a payment standard, set between 90% and 110% of FMR, so a two-bedroom here lands between $1,144 and $1,398. Subtract about 30% of the tenant's income and that's the housing assistance payment. If you ask more than similar unassisted units rent for, the PHA's rent reasonableness check will push back.
At the standard 30% of income, a household needs about $50,840 a year to afford $1,271 a month. On a 40-hour week that's $24 an hour.
Worked example for a two-bedroom, assuming the rent equals the payment standard. Tenant pays 30% of monthly income, HUD's housing assistance payment covers the rest.
| Monthly household income | Tenant pays (30%) | HAP at 90% ($1,144) | HAP at 100% ($1,271) | HAP at 110% ($1,398) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,500 | $750 | $394 | $521 | $648 |
| $4,000 | $1,200 | $0 | $71 | $198 |
Rate history
The two-bedroom rate went up 3% from FY 2025 ($1,231) to FY 2026 ($1,271). Since FY 2020 it's up 28% in total, about 4.2% a year. The Virginia median moved up 5% over the same year.
| Year | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2BR change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2020 | $797 | $872 | $993 | $1,432 | $1,743 | — |
| FY 2021 | $795 | $858 | $978 | $1,400 | $1,693 | -1.5% |
| FY 2022 | $743 | $801 | $935 | $1,328 | $1,600 | -4.4% |
| FY 2023 | $827 | $860 | $1,051 | $1,469 | $1,790 | +12.4% |
| FY 2024 | $993 | $999 | $1,261 | $1,721 | $2,140 | +20.0% |
| FY 2025 | $925 | $968 | $1,231 | $1,647 | $2,067 | -2.4% |
| FY 2026 | $910 | $993 | $1,271 | $1,706 | $2,132 | +3.2% |
| FY 2027 | $1,043 | $1,050 | $1,340 | $1,783 | $2,048 | +5.4% |
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$1,271 a month for FY 2026, which runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The other rates are $910 for a studio, $993 for one bedroom, $1,706 for three and $2,132 for four.
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