[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21941-21942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08895]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5725-N-03]


Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program 
and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 
2014; Update

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), 
Update.

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SUMMARY: Today's notice updates the FY 2014 FMRs for Santa Barbara-
Santa Maria-Goleta, CA, MSA, and Stamford-Norwalk, CT, HUD Metro FMR 
Area (HMFA), based on surveys conducted in November 2013 by the area 
public housing agencies (PHAs). The FY 2014 FMRs for these areas 
reflect the estimated 40th percentile rent levels trended to April 1, 
2014.

DATES: Effective Date: The FMRs published in this notice are effective 
on April 18, 2014.

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

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50th percentile FMRs will be provided in the HUD FY 2014 FMR 
documentation system at http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/docsys.html&data=fmr14 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: The FMRs appearing in the following table 
supersede the values found in Schedule B that became effective on 
October 1, 2013, and were printed in the October 3, 2013 Federal 
Register (available from HUD at: http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2014f/FY2014_FR_Preamble.pdf).
    The FMRs for the two 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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Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-                  1042            1197            1435            1918            2220
 Goleta, CA MSA.................
Stamford-Norwalk, CT HMFA.......            1269            1538            1910            2379            2959
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    Dated: April 11, 2014.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research.
[FR Doc. 2014-08895 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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