---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 654.416"
title: "20"
number: "654.416"
heading: "Sleeping facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/654.416"
---

# §654.416. Sleeping facilities.

- (a) Sleeping facilities must be provided for each person. Such facilities must consist of comfortable beds, cots, or bunks, provided with clean mattresses.
- (b) Any bedding provided by the housing operator must be clean and sanitary.
- (c) Triple deck bunks may not be provided.
- (d) The clear space above the top of the lower mattress of a double deck bunk and the bottom of the upper bunk must be a minimum of 27 inches. The distance from the top of the upper mattress to the ceiling must be a minimum of 36 inches.
- (e) Beds used for double occupancy may be provided only in family accommodations.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56349, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 49k; 8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(4); 41 Op.A.G. 406 (1959).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 1689, Jan. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted.