Payment Standards

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The Payment standard is used to calculate the monthly housing assistance payment and is the maximum amount of subsidy a housing authority is allowed to pay. HUD published the Fair Market rents for each market area in the United States and the PHA's must adopt a payment standard schedule that establishes voucher payment standard amounts for each FMR area in the PHA jurisdiction. Housing Authorities have the option of setting their Payment Standards between 90 and 110 percent of the Fair Market rents.