Demonstrating the Need for Implementing Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) in the Baltimore Metro Area

Cheryl Knott (Baltimore) presented the Small Area Fair Market Rents Data Tool, which displays the relationship between renter housing costs and housing choice vouchers in the Baltimore region. A Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) would allow for local, neighborhood housing market conditions to dictate voucher values rather than a metro area. This would support both people and place-based iniatives to reduce concentrations of housing choice vouchers in neighborhoods.