Somerset County, Maine Fair Market Rent 2026

The FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for Somerset County is $1,266 per month, 11% below the $1,418 median across Maine. 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
$1,015
per month
1 Bedroom
$1,083
per month
2 Bedrooms
$1,266
per month
3 Bedrooms
$1,689
per month
4 Bedrooms
$1,812
per month
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What you would actually pay in Somerset 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 Somerset County, that puts the likely payment standard somewhere between $1,139 and $1,393 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 Maine at 30% of income takes an hourly wage of $28.42 working full time, or about $59,114 a year. At the state minimum wage of $14.65, that is 78 hours a week.

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

All Maine Fair Market Rents Maine Waiting Lists

For FY2026, the Fair Market Rent in Somerset County is $1,015 for a studio, $1,083 for one bedroom, $1,266 for two bedrooms, $1,689 for three bedrooms, and $1,812 for four bedrooms, per month.

The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Somerset County is $1,266, compared with a statewide median of $1,418 across Maine. That is 11% below the median.

Not necessarily. The Fair Market Rent is HUD's estimate, but the housing authority serving Somerset County 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 Maine housing authority directory to find the agency covering Somerset County and check whether its waiting list is open.

Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026 · huduser.gov

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