Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development last revised: May 07, 2024
§ 3280.104 - Ceiling heights.

(a) Every habitable room and bathroom shall have a minimum ceiling height of not less than 7 feet, 0 inches for a minimum of 50 percent of the room's floor area. The remaining area may have a ceiling with a minimum height of 5 feet, 0 inches. Minimum height under dropped ducts, beams, etc. shall be 6 feet, 4 inches.

(b) Hallways and foyers shall have a minimum ceiling height of 6 feet, 6 inches.

authority: 15 U.S.C. 2697,42.S.C. 3535(d), 5403, and 5424
source: 40 FR 58752, Dec. 18, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 20679, Apr. 6, 1979.
cite as: 24 CFR 3280.104