HUD Fair Market Rents by Metro Area (Studio to 4 Bedrooms)

hudgis/fair-market-rents

Looks up HUD fair market rents by area name: the rent for a studio and for one, two, three and four bedrooms in each matching HUD fair market rent area (mostly metropolitan areas), with the area name and HUD's area code. Matches part of the area name, for example Abilene or Austin. Pages of up to 100 areas; says when more remain. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development data, passed through unmodified and served by Omnial; not an official HUD product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

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Data source

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) eGIS Open Data, labelled with the USA.gov public-domain label. Served by Eden Engine; not an official HUD product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "hudgis/fair-market-rents" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "hudgis/fair-market-rents" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "hudgis/fair-market-rents", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "hudgis/fair-market-rents", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 20, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "area_name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 25,
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Most areas to return in one call, 1 to 100. Defaults to 25."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Number of matching areas to skip, for the next page. Leave out for the first page."
    },
    "area_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 .,-]{2,60}$",
      "description": "Part of the HUD fair market rent area name to match, for example Abilene or Austin. Letters, digits, spaces, commas, periods and hyphens only. Capitalise it as HUD writes names (Abilene, not abilene); case handling by the service is unverified."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "features"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "fields": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Field definitions (name, type, alias) for the attributes below."
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "attributes": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "FMR_0BDR": {
                "type": [
                  "integer",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Studio rent, dollars per month."
              },
              "FMR_1BDR": {
                "type": [
                  "integer",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "One-bedroom rent, dollars per month."
              },
              "FMR_2BDR": {
                "type": [
                  "integer",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Two-bedroom rent, dollars per month."
              },
              "FMR_3BDR": {
                "type": [
                  "integer",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Three-bedroom rent, dollars per month."
              },
              "FMR_4BDR": {
                "type": [
                  "integer",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Four-bedroom rent, dollars per month."
              },
              "FMR_CODE": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "HUD's code for the fair market rent area."
              },
              "OBJECTID": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "Shape__Area": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "FMR_AREANAME": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Area name, for example 'Abilene, TX MSA'."
              },
              "Shape__Length": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Matching areas. Empty when no area name matches."
    },
    "geometryType": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "spatialReference": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "objectIdFieldName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "exceededTransferLimit": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True when more areas matched than were returned; fetch the next page with offset."
    }
  },
  "description": "The query response: `features` holds one record per matching area; `exceededTransferLimit` is true when more areas matched than were returned.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}