Section 8 rent calculator — tenant share and HAP

ZIP-based estimate using FY2027 Fair Market Rent as a fallback. Your rent is not always 30% of income. Enter a PHA payment standard when you have one.

Your case
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How will you enter your share?
Location
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Household & income
Add up income for everyone who will be on the lease — wages, benefits, etc.
Childcare or other PHA-allowed amounts. Do not enter medical bills here — use the HUD medical section below.
HUD medical & elderly deductions

Elderly or disabled families may deduct unreimbursed medical costs above 10% of annual income, plus a HUD family allowance. Your PHA decides what counts.

Premiums, copays, and prescriptions you paid — not amounts insurance reimbursed. We deduct only the portion above 10% of your income (HOTMA).
Leave blank for maximum possible subsidy before you pick a unit.
HAP split (optional)

If you have a unit in mind, add utilities and the written PHA payment standard. We follow 24 CFR 982.505. A HUD FMR is not your voucher payment standard.

From the PHA utility schedule for the unit size and the utilities you pay. Enter 0 if the owner pays them.
The written dollar amount for your voucher size and address. If blank, we estimate with 100% of HUD Fair Market Rent — not your PHA schedule.
Monthly welfare rent if your PHA counts it. Leave blank if it does not apply — blank is not zero.
Usually $0–$50 after hardship. If blank we use $50 for the income-based TTP estimate.

Enter a valid ZIP and wait for city/county to load.