2025 FMR and Section 8 Rents in Alabama

Section 8 is a federal program that guarantees monthly rent payments to landlords. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes Fair Market Rents, which are 40th percentile averages of local rents, to determine their standard payment amount.

Use our Section 8 rents table to find the best market for Section 8 investment. See Section 8 rents in each city and zip code.

Typically, the government guarantees 70% of the rent payment, and the tenant pays the remaining 30%. Section 8 tenants typically stay in their units 6-7x longer than regular tenants.

Click the column header to sort each column. Click state name to explore Section 8 Rents by city.

County Name / City
Studio Rent
1 Bedroom Rent
2 Bedroom Rent
3 Bedroom Rent
4 Bedroom Rent

Anniston Oxford Jacksonville

$683$687$903$1,243$1,319

Auburn Opelika

$801$901$1,099$1,487$1,617

Barbour County

$652$656$857$1,089$1,141

Birmingham Hoover

$983$1,109$1,245$1,570$1,752

Bullock County

$642$666$857$1,130$1,283

Butler County

$665$760$888$1,074$1,186

Chambers County

$814$820$1,077$1,302$1,434

Cherokee County

$664$726$887$1,072$1,327

Chilton County

$780$850$970$1,240$1,350

Choctaw County

$642$666$857$1,102$1,454

Clarke County

$642$666$857$1,200$1,454

Clay County

$620$700$857$1,175$1,258

Cleburne County

$669$694$894$1,129$1,338

Coffee County

$713$725$952$1,342$1,472

Columbus

$828$881$1,031$1,372$1,743

Conecuh County

$642$666$857$1,208$1,283

Coosa County

$658$683$879$1,063$1,315

Covington County

$648$652$857$1,133$1,427

Crenshaw County

$642$652$857$1,036$1,141

Cullman County

$767$772$1,002$1,306$1,462

Dale County

$743$754$857$1,208$1,454

Dallas County

$653$694$912$1,129$1,215

Daphne Fairhope Foley

$1,190$1,190$1,540$1,890$2,390

Decatur

$920$950$1,150$1,500$1,680

Dekalb County

$642$652$857$1,159$1,391

Dothan

$735$739$904$1,220$1,386

Escambia County

$642$705$857$1,094$1,275

Fayette County

$642$763$857$1,147$1,283

Florence Muscle Shoals

$740$800$1,040$1,280$1,580

Franklin County

$642$763$857$1,042$1,321

Gadsden

$637$817$940$1,170$1,252

Greene County

$770$780$980$1,240$1,380

Henry County

$770$770$1,010$1,300$1,360

Huntsville

$900$1,067$1,248$1,619$1,937

Jackson County

$642$748$857$1,051$1,406

Lamar County

$716$720$857$1,208$1,283

Macon County

$672$683$898$1,110$1,524

Marengo County

$642$763$857$1,086$1,316

Marion County

$581$652$857$1,091$1,454

Marshall County

$655$659$866$1,166$1,170

Mobile

$990$1,090$1,340$1,770$1,820

Monroe County

$642$763$857$1,208$1,236

Montgomery

$840$913$1,092$1,383$1,753

Perry County

$647$671$864$1,136$1,293

Pickens County

$683$690$860$1,180$1,450

Pike County

$825$839$1,102$1,332$1,468

Randolph County

$642$763$857$1,208$1,283

Sumter County

$763$792$1,019$1,232$1,459

Talladega County

$615$693$908$1,264$1,299

Tallapoosa County

$687$698$917$1,171$1,227

Tuscaloosa

$1,060$1,070$1,320$1,660$1,760

Walker County

$642$652$857$1,208$1,294

Washington County

$713$785$962$1,163$1,302

Wilcox County

$779$808$1,040$1,257$1,556

Winston County

$642$652$857$1,175$1,192

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Frequently Asked Section 8 Investing Questions

Fair Market Rent (FMR): HUD sets FMR by bedroom size for each area.

Payment Standard: The local PHA sets this between 90–110% of the FMR. It's the max PHA assistance.

Gross Rent: Contract rent (charged by landlord) + utility allowance (estimated tenant utility costs). Must fit payment standard limits.

Housing Assistance Payment (HAP):

The PHA pays the lower of:

  • Payment standard - Tenant's Total Tenant Payment (TTP).
  • Gross rent - TTP.

Example:

  • Payment standard: $1,500
  • Contract rent: $1,400
  • Utility allowance: $100
  • Tenant's TTP: $400
  • Gross rent: $1,500 ($1,400 + $100).
  • HAP: $1,100 (lower of $1,500 - $400 or $1,500 - $400).

Landlord receives $1,100 (PHA) + $400 (tenant) = $1,500 total.