Explore Alabama Metro Housing across Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery and surrounding areas statewide through the NSCN Alabama Housing Node.
Alabama Metro Housing
Apartment locating and rental home searches in Birmingham-Hoover, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery each follow different rent patterns, neighborhood structures, and housing authority boundaries. Choose the metro that fits where you want to live and start the search from there.
Choose Your Alabama Metro
Select the metro closest to where you want to find an apartment or rental home. Birmingham-Hoover, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery represent different local rental geographies, surrounding communities, and housing-authority boundaries.
Choose a Metro Above
Select one of the four metros above to keep the apartment or rental-home search tied to the area where you actually want to live.
FY 2026 HUD 2-Bedroom Fair Market Rents
Representative HUD Fair Market Rent benchmarks for four major housing areas. The labeled dollar figures are the actual FY 2026 two-bedroom FMRs; wheel size is only a visual comparison.
Birmingham-Hoover
Birmingham-Hoover, AL HUD Metro FMR Area FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,266. Use the labeled value for the actual HUD benchmark.
Huntsville
Huntsville, AL MSA FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,310. Use the labeled value for the actual HUD benchmark.
Mobile
Mobile, AL MSA FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,083. Use the labeled value for the actual HUD benchmark.
Montgomery
Montgomery, AL MSA FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,016. Use the labeled value for the actual HUD benchmark.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY 2026 Fair Market Rents. Wheel fills are proportional to the highest figure shown. Use labeled values for actual data.