FMR Atlas — HUD Voucher Market Screener

Compare HUD Fair Market Rent against local home values across all 3,144 U.S. counties. FMR Atlas puts federal rent data, Census home values and current market activity on one map, so you can see where the numbers leave room to work.

What is Fair Market Rent?

Fair Market Rent is HUD's published estimate of what a modest rental costs in a given area — set at the 40th percentile of local gross rents, updated annually and broken out by bedroom count. Housing authorities use it to set the payment standard for Housing Choice Vouchers, and the authority's monthly share is paid directly to the landlord. FMR Atlas is exactly what the name says: an atlas of it.

What you get

• The county map and screener. Every U.S. county, coloured by gross FMR-to-value, filterable by state, price ceiling, listing activity and reported voucher units.
• A purchase screen. Enter a price and your terms and get a transparent Buy / Watch / No-buy read, with the arithmetic shown rather than hidden.
• A review workflow. Save counties, record what you verified, and export it to move between devices.
• PHA office contacts from HUD's public directory, with reported voucher unit counts where HUD publishes them.
• Full CSV export — all 3,144 counties, 30 columns.
• Both PDF guides included — a walkthrough of the tool and a plain-English primer on HUD and the voucher program.
• Monthly data refreshes, forever.

Where the data comes from

HUD Fair Market Rent, U.S. Census ACS median home values and population, HUD's Public Housing Authority directory, and Redfin county market data. Every figure is sourced and dated in the interface. Nothing is modelled or estimated.

Getting in

One payment, lifetime access. After checkout you enter the email address and order number from your receipt and you're straight into the map — no password to create and no waiting on email. You also get an access key that works on any device.

The gross FMR-to-value figure is a screening ratio used to shortlist counties, not a yield or a cap rate. FMR Atlas is a research tool, not investment advice.