# HUD User Fair Market Rents API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-user-fair-market-rents-api/  
**Provider:** HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development — https://apis.io/providers/hud/  
**Base URL:** https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr  
**Documentation:** https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html

HUD User Fair Market Rents API is one of 10 APIs that [HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development](https://apis.io/providers/hud/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Fair Market Rent, Housing, and Section 8. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and authentication docs.

Provides Fair Market Rent (FMR) data by state, county, and metropolitan area. Returns efficiency through four-bedroom rental rates used as the basis for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html
- **Authentication** — https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hud/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development APIs (9)

- [HUD User Income Limits API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-user-income-limits-api/)
- [HUD User USPS ZIP Code Crosswalk API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-user-usps-zip-code-crosswalk-api/)
- [HUD User CHAS API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-user-chas-api/)
- [HUD Housing Counselor Search API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-housing-counselor-search-api/)
- [HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development CHAS API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-chas-api/)
- [HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Market Rents API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-fair-market-rents-api/)
- [HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Counseling API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-housing-counseling-api/)
- [HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Income Limits API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-income-limits-api/)
- [HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development ZIP Code Crosswalk API](https://apis.io/apis/hud/hud-zip-code-crosswalk-api/)

## Tags

Fair Market Rent, Housing, Section 8

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