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Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) in District of Columbia

Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) in District of Columbia was $2,438 in 2027, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. That is up 8.5% from 2026.

2027, USD2,438
Change on 2026+8.5%
Series high2,4382027
Series low1,4122013

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Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) in District of Columbia, 2010 to 2027

1,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002010201320162019202220272010: 1,494 USD2011: 1,461 USD2012: 1,506 USD2013: 1,412 USD2014: 1,469 USD2015: 1,458 USD2016: 1,623 USD2017: 1,746 USD2018: 1,793 USD2019: 1,665 USD2020: 1,707 USD2021: 1,765 USD2022: 1,785 USD2023: 1,838 USD2024: 2,045 USD2025: 2,314 USD2026: 2,246 USD2027: 2,438 USD
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
All 18 values
PeriodUSD
20272,438
20262,246
20252,314
20242,045
20231,838
20221,785
20211,765
20201,707
20191,665
20181,793
20171,746
20161,623
20151,458
20141,469
20131,412
20121,506
20111,461
20101,494

Definition

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a two-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county. Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet. HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile. They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (n.d.). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), District of Columbia, 2010 to 2027) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx

MLA 9

HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), District of Columbia, 2010 to 2027. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/district-of-columbia-district-of-columbia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. n.d. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), District of Columbia, 2010 to 2027. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/district-of-columbia-district-of-columbia.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (no date) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), District of Columbia, 2010 to 2027 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/district-of-columbia-district-of-columbia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars: Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), District of Columbia, 2010 to 2027}},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/district-of-columbia-district-of-columbia. Publisher attribution: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27\_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) in District of Columbia?

Fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) in District of Columbia was $2,438 in 2027, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. That is up 8.5% from 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) in District of Columbia?

$2,438 in 2027, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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