Payment Standards

Using Small Area Fair Market Rent effective 4-1-2018

Owner Notification of Changes In Payment Standards

Effective 4/1/2018

RE: Notice of changes in payment standard for the Housing Choice Voucher program

Dear Owner/Representative

Beginning on 4/1/2018, the Housing Authority of Pompano Beach (HAPB) will be using a new method to calculate the amount of money we will pay towards rent and utilities for each family in our Housing Choice Voucher program. This new approach is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for all public housing agencies that administer vouchers in Broward County area.

Under the new approach, the Housing Authority of Pompano Beach will no longer use Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the entire metropolitan area to determine the payment standard that reflects the maximum amount of assistance we will pay toward rent and utilities.

Effective 4/1/2018, HAPB will switch to FMRs established at the ZIP code level, which are known as Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs). The use of multiple payment standards will allow us to provide rental assistance at levels that more accurately reflect the rents charged in individual neighborhoods.

Click here to obtain a copy or to view the SAFMR Payment Standards effective October 1, 2023.

Note: Payment Standards are between 90-110% of the HUD published SAFMR. This is in accordance with HUD Regulations. The amounts listed are the maximum subsidy standards the Housing Authority of Pompano Beach (HAPB) will pay on behalf of a family. The payment standard amount includes an allowance for any tenant paid utilities. All rents are subject to rent reasonableness determinations by the HAPB and family rent affordability.

To view the previous years' payment standards, please select one of the options below:
  Click here to view the payment standards effective 5/1/2023
                                                        Click here to view the payment standards effective 10/1/2022
Click here to view the Payment Standards effective 6/1/2022
Click here to view the Payment Standards effective 11/1/2021
Click here to view the Payment Standards effective 1/1/2021
     Click here to view the Payment Standards effective 1/1/2020
Click here to view the Payment Standards effective 11/1/2018
Click here to view the Payment Standards chart effective 4/1/2018





If payment standards will be reduced in ZIP codes where you own properties and rent units to voucher families, the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) you receive from the HAPB may go down and the tenant may be responsible for a larger share of the rent. Please be mindful of this shift as you consider changes to the rent in the future.

If payment standards will increase in ZIP codes where you own properties and rent units to voucher families, the portion of the rent for which the tenant is responsible may be reduced if they are paying more than 30 percent of their income for rent and utilities. Please be aware that all HAP contracts will remain subject to rent reasonableness determinations.

Families currently under HAP contract will not be subject to any applicable reductions in payment standard until their second annual reexamination after the date of the reduction. Any changes in your current tenants’ HAP and total tenant payment will be clearly communicated to you at least thirty (30) days in advance of the effective date.

If you have questions about what this change means for you or would like additional information, please contact our office at 954-785-7200.

Housing Authority of Pompano Beach