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Houston Housing Authority Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
Find the correct Houston agency schedule, effective date, utility worksheet and address classification before relying on a rent estimate.
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LACDA Los Angeles County Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
Select the correct Los Angeles agency schedule, effective date and utility worksheet, then prepare a complete tenancy proposal.
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Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
SHRA's official FY2027 payment standard must sit between 90% and 110% of HUD's figures. Here are those figures for Sacramento County: $1,360 to $3,130 for a 2-bedroom by ZIP, what changed from FY2026, and how to read the table.
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Aurora Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
Aurora Housing Authority's official FY2027 payment standard must sit between 90% and 110% of HUD's figures. Here are those figures for Kane County: $1,560 to $3,020 for a 2-bedroom by ZIP, what changed from FY2026, and how to read the table.
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DuPage Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
DuPage Housing Authority's official FY2027 payment standard must sit between 90% and 110% of HUD's figures. Here are those figures for DuPage County: $1,380 to $2,730 for a 2-bedroom by ZIP, what changed from FY2026, and how to read the table.
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Lake County Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
Lake County Housing Authority's official FY2027 payment standard must sit between 90% and 110% of HUD's figures. Here are those figures for Lake County: $1,440 to $3,020 for a 2-bedroom by ZIP, what changed from FY2026, and how to read the table.
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Broward County Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
Broward County Housing Authority's official FY2027 payment standard must sit between 90% and 110% of HUD's figures. Here are those figures for Broward County: $1,780 to $3,480 for a 2-bedroom by ZIP, what changed from FY2026, and how to read the table.
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Housing Authority of Joliet Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
Housing Authority of Joliet's official FY2027 payment standard must sit between 90% and 110% of HUD's figures. Here are those figures for Will County: $1,430 to $3,030 for a 2-bedroom by ZIP, what changed from FY2026, and how to read the table.
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Miami-Dade HCV Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
Find the right Miami agency documents, effective dates, program tables and household calculation before relying on a rent estimate.
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Atlanta Housing and Fulton County Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
Find the right Atlanta agency documents, effective dates, program tables and household calculation before relying on a rent estimate.
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Houston Housing Authority Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
Houston House Apartments in downtown Houston. Photo date not supplied by the source. WhisperToMe. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · cropped
LACDA Los Angeles County Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
El Greco Apartments on North Hayworth Avenue in Los Angeles, photographed in 2008. Los Angeles. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
The American Cash Apartments and Store building in Sacramento, photographed in 2021. T71024. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
Aurora Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
Kemps Apartments in Aurora, Illinois, photographed in 2013. Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
DuPage Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
126 North Sleight Street in Naperville, DuPage County, photographed in 2009. Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
Lake County Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
The intersection of Genesee and Cory streets in Waukegan, Lake County, photographed in 2014. Nyttend. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · cropped
Broward County Housing Authority Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
Condominium buildings in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida, photographed in 2018. Jacob Edri. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · cropped; enlarged from 1250 pixels wide
Housing Authority of Joliet Payment Standards FY2027: The HUD Numbers Behind the Table
The former Louis Joliet Hotel building in Joliet, photographed in 2008. publichall. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped
Miami-Dade HCV Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
A Spanish Revival house in Miami, photographed in 2021. Sharon Hahn Darlin. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · cropped
Atlanta Housing and Fulton County Payment Standards: Document Guide (2026)
Pendleton Apartments on Euclid Avenue in Atlanta, photographed in 2012. John Phelan. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped
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