Federal figures put the fair-market rent for a two-bedroom apartment at $1,230 a month.

They would have to use 59 percent of their income to pay the island's current $1,225 two-bedroom fair-market rent.

They would have to use 51 percent of their income to pay the city's current $1,075 two-bedroom fair-market rent.

Nonprofits would pay a minimum of $150 a month in the first year (or the fair-market rent if that is lower).

If she ordered the state to pay average fair-market rents, the cost could be twice as high.

Then it pays the difference between the fair-market rent and 30 percent of the applicant's income.

In most years, the fair-market rent attracts little attention, because it inches up by a couple of percent.

Current fair-market rent is $630 a month for a two-bedroom, without utilities.

Under the proposed new system, the fair-market rent might be set at $800 a month.

The fair-market rent of a two-bedroom apartment is $825.