[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25295-25296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10171]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5648-N-04]


Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program 
and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 
2013; Revised

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Final Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), 
Update.

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SUMMARY: Today's notice updates the FY 2013 FMRs for Cheyenne, WY, and 
Odessa, TX, based on surveys conducted in September 2012 and for 
Burlington, VT, Mountrail County, ND, Ward County, ND, and Williams 
County, ND based on surveys conducted in November 2012. The FY 2013 
FMRs for these areas reflect the estimated 40th percentile rent levels 
trended to April 1, 2013.

DATES: Effective Date: The FMRs published in this notice are effective 
on April 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information on the 
methodology used to develop FMRs or a listing of all FMRs, please call 
the HUD USER information line at 800-245-2691 or access the information 
on the HUD USER Web site: http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or 50th percentile in Schedule B. 
For informational purposes, 40th percentile recent-mover rents for the 
areas with 50th percentile FMRs will be provided in the HUD FY 2013 FMR 
documentation system at http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/docsys.html&data=fmr13 and 50th percentile rents for all FMR areas 
are published at http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/50per.html.
    Questions related to use of FMRs or voucher payment standards 
should be directed to the respective local HUD program staff. Questions 
on how to conduct FMR surveys or concerning further methodological 
explanations may be addressed to Marie L. Lihn or Peter B. Kahn, 
Economic and Market Analysis Division, Office of Economic Affairs, 
Office of Policy Development and Research, telephone 202-708-0590. 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number 
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-
8339. (Other than the HUD USER information line and TDD numbers, 
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to comments submitted to the FY 
2012 and FY 2013 FMRs, surveys were conducted of the following areas: 
Cheyenne, WY, and Odessa, TX, Burlington-South Burlington, VT and a 
three-county group in northwest North Dakota, Mountrail County, Ward 
County, and Williams County. HUD was evaluating a new survey 
methodology and could not conduct any surveys in time for the 
publication of the final FY 2013 FMRs. Cheyenne and Odessa were 
surveyed in September and Burlington and the three-county group in 
North Dakota were surveyed in November.
    The FMRs appearing in the following table supersede the values 
found in Schedule B that became effective on October 1, 2012, and were 
printed in the October 5, 2012. Federal Register (available from HUD 
at: http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2013f/FY2013F_SCHEDULE_B.pdf).
    The FMRs for the six affected areas are revised as follows:

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                                                                     FMR by number of bedrooms in unit
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                                                              0 BR       1 BR       2 BR       3 BR       4 BR
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Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA......................        902        980       1280       1604       1881
Cheyenne, WY MSA.........................................        508        578        781       1071       1251
Odessa, TX MSA...........................................        659        764        983       1251       1313
Mountrail County, ND.....................................        841        878       1041       1306       1817
Ward County, ND..........................................        773        825       1087       1602       1667
Williams County, ND......................................        771        841       1026       1278       1371
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    Dated: April 25, 2013.
Erika C. Poethig,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2013-10171 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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