San Antonio, TX Section 8 Payment Standards (2026)

Not legal advice — verify current state law and have an attorney review for your state. Payment standards change, and the housing authority's rent-reasonableness review, utility allowance and the family's income decide what it will actually pay. Verify the current amount with the housing authority before you set a rent.

Official schedule. Effective January 1, 2026 (recertifications in process from April 1, 2026). Applies to MTW, VASH and Mainstream programs.^[1] Retrieved October 21, 2026.

Payment standards

Schedule	Studio	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR	5 BR	6 BR
Group 1 ZIP codes: 78203, 78207, 78208, 78214, 78226	$783	$855	$1,035	$1,332	$1,584	$1,780	$2,012
Group 2 ZIP codes: 78073, 78210, 78211, 78219, 78225, 78227, 78228, 78237	$837	$909	$1,107	$1,422	$1,656	$1,904	$2,153
Group 3 ZIP codes: 78112, 78201, 78202, 78218, 78220, 78221, 78223, 78224, 78238, 78242, 78263	$918	$999	$1,215	$1,557	$1,818	$2,091	$2,363
Group 4 ZIP codes: 78148, 78205, 78212, 78213, 78216, 78217, 78222, 78264, 78231	$1,017	$1,107	$1,341	$1,719	$2,007	$2,309	$2,609
Group 5 ZIP codes: 78204, 78229, 78230, 78239, 78248	$1,071	$1,170	$1,413	$1,809	$2,115	$2,433	$2,750
Group 6 ZIP codes: 78209, 78232, 78233, 78235, 78240, 78245, 78250, 78251, 78253	$1,107	$1,206	$1,467	$1,881	$2,196	$2,525	$2,855
Group 7 ZIP codes: 78109, 78244, 78247, 78256, 78259	$1,179	$1,296	$1,566	$2,007	$2,340	$2,691	$3,042
Group 8 ZIP codes: 78152, 78249, 78252, 78254, 78257, 78258, 78261	$1,269	$1,386	$1,683	$2,160	$2,520	$2,898	$3,276
Group 9 ZIP codes: 78023, 78215, 78255	$1,341	$1,467	$1,773	$2,277	$2,655	$3,054	$3,452
Group 10 ZIP codes: 78260, 78266	$1,458	$1,593	$1,926	$2,475	$2,880	$3,312	$3,744

HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents: Bexar County, TX

HUD area: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area. A housing authority's schedule can be based on an earlier FMR year or on ZIP-level Small Area FMRs, so it won't always match these figures.

Unit size	FY2027 FMR
Studio	$1,099^[3]
1 BR	$1,196^[3]
2 BR	$1,441^[3]
3 BR	$1,864^[3]
4 BR	$2,163^[3]

Full Bexar County FMR page

How landlords use this

It caps the subsidy, not your rent

The payment standard is the most the housing authority will count toward rent plus tenant-paid utilities. The rent still has to pass its rent-reasonableness review.

The 40% rule at move-in

For a new lease, if the gross rent is above the payment standard, the family's share can't be more than 40% of its monthly adjusted income.

Treat every applicant the same

Use the same written screening criteria for voucher holders as for everyone else. Many states and cities prohibit refusing renters because they pay with a voucher; check your local law.

Sources

Opportunity Home, MTW SAFMR FY26 Payment Standards (PDF) (retrieved October 21, 2026): https://homesa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MTW_SAFMR_FY26PaymentStandardReferenceSummary.pdf
Opportunity Home, Housing Assistance Payments page (retrieved October 21, 2026): https://homesa.org/housing/find-a-home/vouchers/housing-assistance-payments/
HUD USER, FY2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (FY27_FMRs.xlsx) (retrieved October 21, 2026): https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx

San Antonio, TX Section 8 payment standards