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Fair Market Rent History 1983 - Present

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Fair Market Rent History 1983 - Present

    Dataset/Fair Market Rent History 1983 - Present

The FMR history file contains the following fields, all for 2-bedroom FMRs. It is in dBaseIII (DBF) format for easy use with database or spreadsheet programs.

The file has been compressed. Before using it, you must:

  1. Download & copy file FMRHIST.zip to hard drive.

  2. Type "FMRHIST". This will un-compress it, creating a dBaseIII- format file. Most data management and spreadsheet programs can read this file "FMRHIST.DBF".

GENERAL NOTES

1. 1995 Change From 45th to 40th Percentile

   In 1995 FMRs began being calculated at the 40th percentile; the 1995 Proposed FMRs at both the 45th and 40th percentiles are included to aid in "splicing" the time series.

2. Metropolitan Area Definition Changes

  Counties can go from nonmetropolitan status to being part of metropolitan areas, and vice-versa. For recent changes we use the following rules:

(a) For a new 1-county metropolitan area (where the only real change is that the area's name changes), we have adopted the metropolitan area name and code for all years starting in 1983, and erased the county record. An example is Mesa County, Colorado (CNTY08077), which has become the Grand Junction Colorado MSA (MSA2995).

(b) For new multi-county metropolitan areas, each component county is kept in the dataset until the year in which the metropolitan area was formed, after which time the fields are blank. An example is Forrest and Lamar Counties, Mississippi (CNTY28035 and CNTY28073, respectively), which in 1994 became part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi MSA (MSA3285.)

FIELDS IN FILE

ID Identifier: MSAmmmm, where mmmm = 4-digit MSA code (for OMB-defined (Primary) MSA, as modified by HUD (see any recent Federal Register preamble for list of areas that have been modified.) Or CNTYssccc, where ss = state code number, ccc = county code number
AREANAME Area name
STATEDC State abbreviation
FMR283F 1983 Final FMR (45th percentile; 2-bedroom)
...and so forth, to...  
FMR291P 1991 Proposed
FMR291F 1991 Final
FMR292P 1992 Proposed
FMR292F 1992 Final
FMR293P 1993 Proposed
FMR293F 1993 Final
FMR94P45 1994 Proposed (45th percentile)
FMR94F45 1994 Final
FMR95P45 1995 Proposed, computed at 45th percentile
FMR95P40 1995 Proposed, computed at 40th percentile
FMR95F40 1995 Final (40th percentile from 1995 on)
FMR96P40 1996 Proposed
FMR96F40 1996 Final
FMR97P40 1997 Proposed
FMR97F40 1997 Final
FMR98P40 1998 Proposed
FMR98F40 1998 Final
FMR99P40 1999 Proposed
FMR99F40 1999 Final
FMR2000P 2000 Proposed (40th Percentile)
FMR2000F 2000 Final
FMR2001P 2001 Proposed

FURTHER QUESTIONS

Lynn Rodgers, Economist
Economic and Market Analysis Division
Office of Policy Development and Research
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, DC 20410
202-708-0590 ext 5861
e-mail Lynn_A._Rodgers@HUD.GOV