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New Mexico Section 8 rent calculator

10,506 New Mexico households rented with a tenant-based voucher at the end of 2025; City of Albuquerque Housing Authority ran 2,653. The average household paid $397 a month toward rent and utilities.

How much Section 8 can pay by bedroom size in New Mexico

Your voucher pays the lower of the gross rent and your agency’s payment standard, minus your total tenant payment; the standard is the one for the smaller of your voucher size and the unit’s bedrooms. Standards are normally set at 90% to 110% of HUD’s published fair market rent for the area. New Mexico’s FY2027 two-bedroom fair market rent runs from $1,014 in Colfax County, NM and 11 other areas to $1,874 in Los Alamos County, NM; three bedrooms, $1,218 in Cibola County, NM to $2,233 in Los Alamos County, NM.

New Mexico FY2027 HUD fair market rents by bedroom size, 30 HUD areas
Unit	Lowest area	Highest area
Studio	$706 Otero County, NM and 1 other area	$1,305 Los Alamos County, NM
1 bedroom	$775 Guadalupe County, NM	$1,433 Los Alamos County, NM
2 bedrooms	$1,014 Colfax County, NM and 11 other areas	$1,874 Los Alamos County, NM
3 bedrooms	$1,218 Cibola County, NM	$2,233 Los Alamos County, NM
4 bedrooms	$1,343 Cibola County, NM	$3,132 Los Alamos County, NM

An agency with an approved exception standard can pay above 110%. Ask yours for its actual figure (New Mexico agencies), then enter it below. Rules: 24 CFR 982.503(c), 982.505(c); rents: HUD FY2027 workbook.

Work out a New Mexico voucher rent split

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The unit

Rent to the owner Monthly rent on the lease.

Utility allowance From your housing authority, not your bills.

Payment standard Your housing authority’s amount, not a HUD fair market rent.

Your household

Total tenant payment (TTP) Whole dollars, from your rent notice.

Adjusted monthly income Needed for the 40% move-in test.

These are my housing authority’s confirmed figures for a standard tenant-based voucher.

Monthly rent split

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Who runs vouchers in New Mexico

City of Albuquerque Housing Authority is the largest voucher agency in New Mexico, ahead of Bernalillo County Housing Department (2,022 households) and 11 smaller agencies.

Waits before admission averaged 5 months at Housing Authority of the City of Truth or Consequences 108 S CEDAR Street and 53 at Clovis Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Inc..

Average family payments ran from $329 at Clovis Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Inc. to $475 at Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority.

Households: 10,506
Avg. family payment: $397
Avg. yearly income: $15,633
Avg. wait: 18 months
2-bed / 3+ bed units: 34% / 26%

Vouchers by agency, Dec. 31, 2025 (largest 12 of 13)
Agency	Households	Avg. family payment	Avg. wait
City of Albuquerque Housing Authority NM001	2,653	$407	16 mo
Bernalillo County Housing Department NM057	2,022	$402	31 mo
Mesilla Valley Public Housing Authority NM003	1,183	$391	18 mo
Eastern Regional Housing Authority NM063	1,138	$377	14 mo
Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority NM009	1,024	$475	20 mo
Western Regional Housing Authority NM067	647	$332	10 mo
Clovis Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Inc. NM002	429	$329	53 mo
Northern Regional Housing Authority NM088	375	$333	8 mo
El Camino Real Housing Authority NM077	341	$400	20 mo
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Fe NM050	262	$418	36 mo
Housing Authority of the County of San Juan NM066	238	$444	13 mo
Housing Authority of the City of Truth or Consequences 108 S CEDAR Street NM020	152	$374	5 mo

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households 2025; field notes.

FY2027 rent references for New Mexico

HUD’s county workbook contains 33 location rows across 30 FMR areas in New Mexico. The two-bedroom references range from $1,014 in Colfax County (Colfax County, NM) to $1,874 in Los Alamos County (Los Alamos County, NM). These are area references including utilities, not a statewide voucher amount.

New Mexico metropolitan HUD areas

HUD area	Rows	Studio	1 bed	2 beds	3 beds	4 beds
Santa Fe, NM MSA	1	$1,260	$1,413	$1,735	$2,134	$2,280
Albuquerque, NM MSA	4	$977	$1,112	$1,384	$1,902	$2,242
Farmington, NM MSA	1	$850	$855	$1,116	$1,545	$1,673
Las Cruces, NM MSA	1	$790	$975	$1,073	$1,461	$1,692

The other 26 New Mexico rows use 26 nonmetropolitan references, with two-bedroom amounts from $1,014 to $1,874; $1,014 applies to 12 of them.

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33 location rows

Monthly HUD FY2027 FMRs, dollars; studio through four bedrooms
Location / HUD area	Studio	1 bed	2 beds	3 beds	4 beds
Bernalillo County Albuquerque, NM MSA	$977	$1,112	$1,384	$1,902	$2,242
Catron County Catron County, NM	$842	$870	$1,059	$1,449	$1,660
Chaves County Chaves County, NM	$868	$892	$1,091	$1,476	$1,624
Cibola County Cibola County, NM	$813	$852	$1,022	$1,218	$1,343
Colfax County Colfax County, NM	$807	$931	$1,014	$1,376	$1,590
Curry County Curry County, NM	$802	$891	$1,151	$1,522	$1,889
De Baca County De Baca County, NM	$807	$833	$1,014	$1,388	$1,590
Dona Ana County Las Cruces, NM MSA	$790	$975	$1,073	$1,461	$1,692
Eddy County Eddy County, NM	$1,053	$1,150	$1,252	$1,734	$1,855
Grant County Grant County, NM	$820	$825	$1,070	$1,286	$1,678
Guadalupe County Guadalupe County, NM	$770	$775	$1,014	$1,325	$1,590
Harding County Harding County, NM	$842	$870	$1,059	$1,449	$1,660
Hidalgo County Hidalgo County, NM	$807	$833	$1,014	$1,404	$1,590
Lea County Lea County, NM	$1,111	$1,117	$1,327	$1,670	$1,823
Lincoln County Lincoln County, NM	$834	$839	$1,063	$1,355	$1,667
Los Alamos County Los Alamos County, NM	$1,305	$1,433	$1,874	$2,233	$3,132
Luna County Luna County, NM	$709	$782	$1,014	$1,325	$1,399
McKinley County McKinley County, NM	$794	$911	$1,140	$1,358	$1,498
Mora County Mora County, NM	$807	$833	$1,014	$1,388	$1,590
Otero County Otero County, NM	$706	$877	$1,014	$1,404	$1,695
Quay County Quay County, NM	$774	$779	$1,019	$1,323	$1,598
Rio Arriba County Rio Arriba County, NM	$822	$833	$1,014	$1,387	$1,597
Roosevelt County Roosevelt County, NM	$807	$818	$1,014	$1,404	$1,695
San Juan County Farmington, NM MSA	$850	$855	$1,116	$1,545	$1,673
San Miguel County San Miguel County, NM	$796	$925	$1,077	$1,491	$1,689
Sandoval County Albuquerque, NM MSA	$977	$1,112	$1,384	$1,902	$2,242
Santa Fe County Santa Fe, NM MSA	$1,260	$1,413	$1,735	$2,134	$2,280
Sierra County Sierra County, NM	$706	$780	$1,014	$1,404	$1,590
Socorro County Socorro County, NM	$807	$931	$1,014	$1,404	$1,590
Taos County Taos County, NM	$900	$1,104	$1,292	$1,626	$1,932
Torrance County Albuquerque, NM MSA	$977	$1,112	$1,384	$1,902	$2,242
Union County Union County, NM	$773	$778	$1,014	$1,388	$1,590
Valencia County Albuquerque, NM MSA	$977	$1,112	$1,384	$1,902	$2,242

Source: HUD FY2027 county and town workbook, effective October 1, 2026 (notice); scope and dates. Section 8 fair market rents by ZIP code.

New Mexico housing agency directory

The HUD New Mexico contact report lists 26 agencies; these 15 run Section 8 or combined programs.

Bernalillo County Housing DepartmentNM057 · Combined
City of Albuquerque Housing AuthorityNM001 · Combined
Clovis Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Inc.NM002 · Combined
Housing Authority of the County of Rio ArribaNM039 · Combined
Housing Authority of the County of San JuanNM066 · Section 8
Housing Authority of the City of GallupNM006 · Combined
Mesilla Valley Public Housing AuthorityNM003 · Combined
Housing Authority of San Miguel CountyNM061 · Section 8
Eastern Regional Housing AuthorityNM063 · Combined
Santa Fe Civic Housing AuthorityNM009 · Combined
Housing Authority of the County of Santa FeNM050 · Combined
Western Regional Housing AuthorityNM067 · Combined
El Camino Real Housing AuthorityNM077 · Section 8
Northern Regional Housing AuthorityNM088 · Combined
Housing Authority of the City of Truth or Consequences 108 S CEDAR StreetNM020 · Combined

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Published September 4, 2026 · Reviewed October 9, 2026 · Editorial Team

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