Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area Fair Market Rent

What these rents mean for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area metro

HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent schedule sets the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro Area (CBSA 31080) 1-bedroom at $2,085, with a studio at $1,863, 2-bedroom at $2,601, 3-bedroom at $3,298, and 4-bedroom at $3,672. These are the 40th percentile of gross rents — utilities included, excluding telephone — meaning roughly 60% of standard-quality rentals in the metro cost more. Because HUD treats a metropolitan statistical area as a single rent market, every county inside the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area CBSA shares these FMR figures, and local housing authorities use them to set Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards (typically between 90% and 110% of FMR).

Against the national benchmark, a 1-bedroom in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area is 117% above the US 1-bedroom FMR of $959. Year-over-year the 1-bedroom FMR shifted from $2,081 in FY 2025 to $2,085 in FY 2026 — a change of +0.2%, which tracks roughly with broader price growth. Metro-level FMRs often diverge from the rents listed for any single suburb, so renters should view this as the HUD ceiling, not a street-level market rate.

For affordability, the 30% rule says rent should not exceed 30% of gross household income. At the FY 2026 1-bedroom FMR of $2,085, that implies a household income of $83,400 per year (about $6,950/month) — a 2-bedroom at $2,601 raises that income floor further. With a metro population of 13,111,917 and a median household income of $93,525, the gap between FMR and local wages determines how many households qualify as rent-burdened (paying more than 30% of income) or severely burdened (above 50%). Metro FMR also anchors the Small Area FMR program, which sets ZIP-level payment standards in designated metros to expand voucher choice into higher-opportunity neighborhoods.