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.