[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR654.407]

[Page 453]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 654--SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Housing for Agricultural Workers
 
Sec. 654.407  Housing.

    (a) Housing shall be structurally sound, in good repair, in a 
sanitary condition and shall provide protection to the occupants against 
the elements.
    (b) Housing shall have flooring constructed of rigid materials, 
smooth finished, readily cleanable, and so located as to prevent the 
entrance of ground and surface water.
    (c) The following space requirements shall be provided:
    (1) For sleeping purposes only in family units and in dormitory 
accommodations using single beds, not less than 50 square feet of floor 
space per occupant;
    (2) For sleeping purposes in dormitory accommodations using double 
bunk beds only, not less than 40 square feet per occupant;
    (3) For combined cooking, eating, and sleeping purposes not less 
than 60 square feet of floor space per occupant.
    (d) Housing used for families with one or more children over 6 years 
of age shall have a room or partitioned sleeping area for the husband 
and wife. The partition shall be of rigid materials and installed so as 
to provide reasonable privacy.
    (e) Separate sleeping accommodations shall be provided for each sex 
or each family.
    (f) Adequate and separate arrangements for hanging clothing and 
storing personal effects for each person or family shall be provided.
    (g) At least one-half of the floor area in each living unit shall 
have a minimum ceiling height of 7 feet. No floor space shall be counted 
toward minimum requirements where the ceiling height is less than 5 
feet.
    (h) Each habitable room (not including partitioned areas) shall have 
at least one windown or skylight opening directly to the out-of-doors. 
The minimum total window or skylight area, including windows in doors, 
shall equal at least 10 percent of the usable floor area. The total 
openable area shall equal at least 45 percent of the minimum window or 
skylight area required, except where comparably adequate ventilation is 
supplied by mechanical or some other method.