Malheur County, Oregon Fair Market Rent 2026

The FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for Malheur County is $1,081 per month, 22% below the $1,393 median across Oregon. 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
$772
per month
1 Bedroom
$942
per month
2 Bedrooms
$1,081
per month
3 Bedrooms
$1,503
per month
4 Bedrooms
$1,813
per month
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What you would actually pay in Malheur 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 Malheur County, that puts the likely payment standard somewhere between $973 and $1,189 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 Oregon at 30% of income takes an hourly wage of $33.02 working full time, or about $68,682 a year. At the state minimum wage of $15.05, that is 88 hours a week.

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

Housing authorities serving Malheur County

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

All Oregon Fair Market Rents Oregon Waiting Lists

For FY2026, the Fair Market Rent in Malheur County is $772 for a studio, $942 for one bedroom, $1,081 for two bedrooms, $1,503 for three bedrooms, and $1,813 for four bedrooms, per month.

The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Malheur County is $1,081, compared with a statewide median of $1,393 across Oregon. That is 22% below the median.

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

1 housing authority serves Malheur 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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