Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Fair Market Rent 2026

The FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for Hillsborough County is $1,698 to $2,127 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
up to $1,467
per month
1 Bedroom
$1,294
up to $1,673
per month
2 Bedrooms
$1,698
up to $2,127
per month
3 Bedrooms
$2,036
up to $2,822
per month
4 Bedrooms
$2,697
up to $3,001
per month

This county has 3 separate rent schedules

HUD applies Small Area Fair Market Rents to parts of Hillsborough County, 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 $1,294 $1,698 $2,036 $2,842
Area 2 $1,404 $1,552 $2,037 $2,442 $2,697
Area 3 $1,467 $1,673 $2,127 $2,822 $3,001
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What you would actually pay in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County, that puts the likely payment standard somewhere between $1,528 and $2,340 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 New Hampshire at 30% of income takes an hourly wage of $35.08 working full time, or about $72,966 a year. At the state minimum wage of $7.25, that is 194 hours a week.

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

Housing authorities serving Hillsborough County

These agencies issue vouchers and run the waiting lists for this county. Payment standards are set by the authority, not by HUD.

All New Hampshire Fair Market Rents New Hampshire Waiting Lists

For FY2026, HUD publishes 3 separate rent schedules covering Hillsborough County, because the county falls under Small Area Fair Market Rents. The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent ranges from $1,698 to $2,127 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 Hillsborough County is $1,698, compared with a statewide median of $1,855 across New Hampshire. That is 8% below the median.

Not necessarily. The Fair Market Rent is HUD's estimate, but the housing authority serving Hillsborough 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.

6 housing authorities serve Hillsborough County. Applications go through the housing authority, not HUD, and each one runs its own waiting list with its own opening schedule. The authorities serving this county are listed on this page.

Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026 · huduser.gov

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