NYCHA rent calculator: 2026 Section 8 payment standards

Compare voucher and actual-unit sizes

Published scheduleNew rental or transferAnnual recertification Voucher bedroom sizeChoose bedroom sizeStudio1 bedrooms2 bedrooms3 bedrooms4 bedrooms5 bedrooms6 bedrooms7 bedrooms8 bedroomsActual-unit bedroom sizeChoose bedroom sizeStudio1 bedrooms2 bedrooms3 bedrooms4 bedrooms5 bedrooms6 bedrooms7 bedrooms8 bedrooms

NYCHA has confirmed that this published schedule applies to my standard tenant-based case without a different approved exception.

Use the confirmed family standard

Choose both sizes and confirm the applicable schedule.

The family standard is the lower applicable standard for those two bedroom sizes. This comparison does not assign bedrooms or establish your subsidy standard.

Choose the schedule that applies to your case

NYCHA publishes separate amounts for annual recertifications and new rentals or transfers. Its notice discontinues Exception Payment Standard ZIP codes for new rentals and transfers effective July 1, 2026. A ZIP-specific HUD SAFMR lookup therefore does not select a NYCHA exception schedule for a new lease. Existing assistance, approved accommodations or other case exceptions still need the authority's determination.

Work out the rent split for this NYCHA voucher

1Your case

How will you enter your share?

I have my TTP from the housing authority Work out TTP from my income

Which lease is this?

Moving in: a new unit or new leaseInitial occupancy Staying in my current unitOngoing tenancy

2The 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.

3Your 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.

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Monthly rent split

Enter your figures to see who pays what.

You pay the owner

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plus Voucher pays the owner

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equals Owner receives

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How the split works

Use prepared PHA amounts for a standard tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher. This worksheet does not determine eligibility, approve rent, or calculate special housing, project-based vouchers, MTW alternative rules or prorated immigration assistance.

A payment standard is a ceiling in the assistance formula

For a new two-bedroom rental with a three-bedroom voucher, the lower published standard is $2,997. At $3,000 rent, a $100 confirmed utility allowance and $500 TTP, gross rent is $3,100 and total assistance is $2,497. The owner receives $2,497, the family pays $503 to the owner, and its share including utilities is $603. With $1,600 adjusted monthly income, the initial forty-percent ceiling is $640. That scenario meets this arithmetic test while still requiring the agency's rent and unit approval.

Prepare the remaining amounts

Use the utility schedule effective for your case and the utilities actually paid by your household. NYCHA's page has different tables for cooking, gas or oil heating, electric heating and other arrangements; do not treat one row as a universal allowance or add overlapping categories without confirmation. Enter the authority-determined TTP when available. For calculated TTP, supply the counted and adjusted income, designated welfare housing amount and applicable hardship minimum. The prepared income worksheet does not invent HOTMA deduction eligibility.

NYCHA's actual payment-standard and utility-allowance schedules · New York HUD reference geography and agency directory · General bedroom-standard comparison.