---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 3280.104"
title: "24"
number: "3280.104"
heading: "Ceiling heights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/3280.104"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2697, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 5403, and 5424.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 58752, Dec. 18, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 20679, Apr. 6, 1979.