# HUD Fair Market Rents Scraper (`crawlerbros/hud-fair-market-rents-scraper`) Actor Scrape HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) data for all US states, counties, and metro areas. Get studio through 4-bedroom FMR values by state, year, or metro area - no API key required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/hud-fair-market-rents-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Real estate - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## HUD Fair Market Rents Scraper Extract HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) Fair Market Rent (FMR) data for all U.S. counties and metro areas across multiple fiscal years — no API key required. ### What Is This? Fair Market Rents are published annually by HUD and represent the 40th percentile of gross rents for standard-quality units in a given area. They are used to determine payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher program and other federal housing assistance. ### What Data Does It Return? Each record contains: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `area_name` | HUD FMR area name (e.g., "San Francisco, CA MSA") | | `county_name` | County name | | `state_name` | Full state name | | `state_code` | Two-letter state abbreviation | | `fips_code` | FIPS geographic code | | `area_code` | HUD internal area code | | `year` | Fiscal year | | `metro` | `true` = metropolitan area, `false` = non-metro county | | `efficiency_fmr` | Studio/efficiency FMR in USD | | `onebr_fmr` | 1-bedroom FMR in USD | | `twobr_fmr` | 2-bedroom FMR in USD | | `threebr_fmr` | 3-bedroom FMR in USD | | `fourbr_fmr` | 4-bedroom FMR in USD | | `fmr_type` | Always "Fair Market Rent" | | `scrapedAt` | ISO 8601 timestamp | ### Modes #### `searchByState` (default) Return all FMR records for a specific US state. **Example input:** ```json { "mode": "searchByState", "state": "California", "year": "2024", "maxItems": 100 } ```` #### `searchByMetroArea` Search metro areas by keyword in the area name. **Example input:** ```json { "mode": "searchByMetroArea", "metroAreaName": "Los Angeles", "year": "2024" } ``` #### `allMetroAreas` Return all metropolitan area FMR records nationwide (or for a specific state). **Example input:** ```json { "mode": "allMetroAreas", "year": "2024", "maxItems": 500 } ``` #### `byCounty` Return non-metropolitan county-level FMR records, optionally filtered by state. **Example input:** ```json { "mode": "byCounty", "state": "Texas", "year": "2024" } ``` ### Input Options | Parameter | Type | Description | |-----------|------|-------------| | `mode` | Select | `searchByState`, `searchByMetroArea`, `allMetroAreas`, `byCounty` | | `state` | Select | US state name (e.g., "California") | | `year` | Select | Fiscal year: 2018–2026 | | `metroAreaName` | Text | Keyword to search metro area names | | `maxItems` | Integer | Max records to return (1–2000, default 100) | ### Years Available FY 2018 through FY 2026 data is available. Each year's data covers approximately 4,700–4,800 geographic areas. ### Data Source Data is sourced from the official HUD User Portal:\ https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html No API key or registration is required. ### Use Cases - Housing affordability research - Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher analysis - Real estate market analysis - Policy research and government reporting - Rent comparison across cities and states ### FAQs **Q: Is an API key required?**\ A: No. The scraper downloads publicly available XLSX files from the HUD portal. **Q: How current is the data?**\ A: FY 2026 data is the most current. HUD typically publishes new fiscal year data in the fall. **Q: What does "efficiency FMR" mean?**\ A: It's the Fair Market Rent for a studio/0-bedroom unit. **Q: How many records can I get?**\ A: Each state has approximately 50–200 FMR areas. Nationwide, there are ~4,700 records per year. **Q: Are territories included?**\ A: Yes — Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa are included in the data. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What data to fetch. ## `state` (type: `string`): US state to filter results (used in searchByState and byCounty modes). ## `year` (type: `string`): Fiscal year for FMR data. ## `metroAreaName` (type: `string`): Filter results to metro areas whose name contains this keyword (case-insensitive). Example: 'Los Angeles', 'Dallas'. Used in searchByMetroArea mode. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of records to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "searchByState", "state": "California", "year": "2024", "maxItems": 20 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `records` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped HUD Fair Market Rents records. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "searchByState", "state": "California", "year": "2024", "maxItems": 20 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/hud-fair-market-rents-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "searchByState", "state": "California", "year": "2024", "maxItems": 20, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/hud-fair-market-rents-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "searchByState", "state": "California", "year": "2024", "maxItems": 20 }' | apify call crawlerbros/hud-fair-market-rents-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/hud-fair-market-rents-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "HUD Fair Market Rents Scraper", "description": "Scrape HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) data for all US states, counties, and metro areas. 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