Izard County, Arkansas Fair Market Rent 2026
The FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for Izard County is $880 per month, exactly the median across Arkansas. This is the figure HUD gives your housing authority when it decides how much a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher covers here.
FY2026 Fair Market Rents by Bedroom Size
Gross rent, including tenant-paid utilities other than phone, cable, and internet.
What you would actually pay in Izard County
With a Housing Choice Voucher you contribute about 30% of your adjusted monthly income toward rent and utilities. The housing authority pays the rest, up to its payment standard, which it sets between 90% and 110% of the Fair Market Rent shown above.
For a two-bedroom in Izard County, that puts the likely payment standard somewhere between $792 and $968 per month. Confirm the exact figure with the authority issuing your voucher before signing a lease, since anything above the payment standard comes out of your own pocket.
Affording this rent without a voucher
Renting a two-bedroom in Arkansas at 30% of income takes an hourly wage of $18.98 working full time, or about $39,478 a year. At the state minimum wage of $11.00, that is 70 hours a week.
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2025 (statewide figure).
Housing authorities serving Izard County
These agencies issue vouchers and run the waiting lists for this county. Payment standards are set by the authority, not by HUD.
Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026 · huduser.gov