These files make available the 50th percentile rents for fiscal year 2003 by Fair Market Rent area and by county. THESE ARE NOT FAIR MARKET RENTS. Under certain conditions, as set forth in the Interim Rule (Federal Register dated October 2, 2000), these 50th percentile rents can be used to set success rate payment standards. There is one record per metropolitan area or nonmetropolitan county in the area file. The rents for all component counties of a metropolitan Fair Market Rent Area ("MSA") are the same, and are therefore not listed separately. In the county file, there will be duplicative rents for each county in a metropolitan area. Fair Market Rent areas incorporate the Office of Management and Budget's most current definitions of metropolitan areas, with exception to several large metropolitan areas whose revised OMB metropolitan area definitions were determined by HUD to be larger than the housing market areas as listed below: Chicago, IL - Dekalb, Grundy, and Kendall Counties Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN - Brown County, OH; Gallatin, Grant and Pendleton Counties in KY; and Ohio County, IN Dallas, TX - Henderson County Flagstaff, AZ-UT -= Kane County, UT New Orleans, LA - St. James Parish Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV - Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in WV; and Clarke, Culpeper, King George and Warren Counties in VA Rents for units above 4 bedrooms are found by adding 15 percent to the 4 bedroom rent for each additional bedroom. The rent for Single Room Occupancy is 75 percent of the 0 bedroom rent. For further information, please consult Lynn Rodgers via e-mail at Marie_L._Lihn@HUD.GOV or by phoning (202) 708-0590. 10/17/2002: H:\REE\FMR\WebSite\FY2003_50th.TXT