HUD HCV Guidebook § 3.6

Like the FMR, the payment standard schedule is established by bedroom size category. With the possible
exceptions to HUD-VASH and EHV (see below), the payment standard schedule applies to all voucher units
administered by the PHA regardless of the voucher type (e.g., standard HCVs, Family Unification Program
(FUP), Non-elderly disabled (NED) vouchers) or the date on which the vouchers were awarded by HUD.
The PHA may establish one or more separate payment standards within the basic range for designated parts
of an FMR area. This may be appropriate where a PHA has determined that its general payment standards
are too low to allow families seeking housing in areas with low poverty and minority concentrations to lease in
these areas.