Pinellas County, FL fair market rent

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA · FY2027 · upcoming · effective October 1, 2026

$1,9172 bedrooms / month

Illustrative 90–110% range $1,725–$2,109 · -3.0% from FY2026

Gross rent including tenant-paid utilities. The range is HUD's basic payment-standard band, not your PHA's adopted standard or your voucher payment; your PHA's effective date may differ. Metro FMR area. U.S. county median 2BR $1,056.

Your housing authority's payment standard: not verified on this page.

Confirm the amount, bedroom size, utility allowance and effective date for the unit's address before relying on it.

Find your housing authority

HUD rents by bedroom count
Unit	FY2027	FY2026	Change
Studio	$1,597	$1,593	+0.3%
1 bedroom	$1,648	$1,696	-2.8%
2 bedrooms	$1,917	$1,977	-3.0%
3 bedrooms	$2,448	$2,527	-3.1%
4 bedrooms	$2,977	$3,077	-3.2%

All Florida areas How payment standards work

Source: HUD Fair Market Rent data, FMR_All_1983_2027.csv, retrieved 2026-09-19.

2-bedroom FMR, last 11 years

FY17$1,014
FY18$1,045
FY19$1,133
FY20$1,206
FY21$1,271
FY22$1,347
FY23$1,659
FY24$1,851
FY25$1,978
FY26$1,977
FY27$1,917

HUD's fiscal year runs October to September, so the FY2027 figure applies from October 1, 2026. The FMR is the 40th-percentile gross rent (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for standard-quality units, from Census ACS data trended forward with recent rent surveys. It is not a rent cap for private landlords. Data & method

Pinellas County, FL fair market rent

2-bedroom FMR, last 11 years

Small Area FMRs by ZIP code

Same FMR area

Florida areas with a similar 2BR rent