Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut Fair Market Rent 2026

The FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region is $1,865 to $1,865 per month. 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.

Studio
$1,286
per month
1 Bedroom
$1,477
per month
2 Bedrooms
$1,865
per month
3 Bedrooms
$2,236
per month
4 Bedrooms
$2,537
up to $2,539
per month

This county has 2 separate rent schedules

HUD applies Small Area Fair Market Rents to parts of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, meaning the rent cap depends on where in the county the unit sits rather than on the county as a whole. Your housing authority can confirm which schedule applies to a specific address.

Schedule Studio 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Area 1 $1,286 $1,477 $1,865 $2,236 $2,537
Area 2 $1,286 $1,477 $1,865 $2,236 $2,539
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What you would actually pay in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

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 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, that puts the likely payment standard somewhere between $1,679 and $2,052 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 Connecticut at 30% of income takes an hourly wage of $35.42 working full time, or about $73,674 a year. At the state minimum wage of $16.35, that is 87 hours a week.

Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2025 (statewide figure).

All Connecticut Fair Market Rents Connecticut Waiting Lists

For FY2026, HUD publishes 2 separate rent schedules covering Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, because the county falls under Small Area Fair Market Rents. The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent ranges from $1,865 to $1,865 per month depending on which part of the county the unit sits in. Your housing authority can tell you which schedule applies to a specific address.

The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region is $1,865, compared with a statewide median of $1,865 across Connecticut. That is exactly at the state median.

Not necessarily. The Fair Market Rent is HUD's estimate, but the housing authority serving Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region sets its own payment standard between 90% and 110% of that figure. Your voucher covers the difference between roughly 30% of your adjusted monthly income and the payment standard. If the unit rents for more than the payment standard, you pay the excess yourself.

Applications go through a local housing authority rather than HUD directly. Browse the Connecticut housing authority directory to find the agency covering Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and check whether its waiting list is open.

Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026 · huduser.gov

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