Designs and Plans for Affordable Housing

The following links are for two complete single family house plans. The sheets are saved in PDF format and you will need Adobe Acrobat to view the plans.

• PowerPoint Presentation on Design Considerations for Affordable Housing - Cold Climates
  Betsy Pettit, AIA, This presentation contains the reasons for and the details of how to build affordable single family housing using an advanced "Systems Engineering" Approach.

Very Cold Climate Plans

• Affordable House Plan Example
  Juneau, Alaska
• House Design Recommendations

Cold Climate Plans

• Affordable House Plan Example
  Pontiac, Michigan
• House Design Recommendations
• Westford Habitat House
  Westford, Massachusetts

Mixed-Humid Climate Plans

• Affordable House Plan Example
  Haymount, Virginia
• House Design Recommendations

Hot-Humid Climate Plans

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Affordable House Plan Example
• House Design Recommendations

Lake Charles, Louisiana

• Affordable House Plan Example
• House Design Recommendations

Two Story, 3 Bedroom, 2-1/2 Bath, Single Family Home with Basement
as featured in the article "Small House, Built Right" by Betsy Pettit in Fine Homebuilding Magazine, pages 56-61, July, 2005.

• Cleveland Infill Prototype Case Study
• Cleveland Infill Prototype House Title Page
• A-1 Foundation Plan and Section
• A-2 Basement Plan/First and Second Floor Framing Plans
• A-3 First Floor Plan/Wall Framing Elevations and Details
• A-4 Second Floor Plan/Wall Framing Elevations
• A-5 Roof Plan and Roof Framing Plan
• A-6 Building Elevations and Window Schedule
• A-7 Building Section BB
• A-8 Building Section CC/Wall Section A

Two Story, 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Single Family Home with Basement
(note all bedrooms are on second floor)

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  Metro Denver Color Elevations
• Cover/Site Plan
• A1 - Foundation Plan
• A2 - First Floor Framing Plan
• A3 - First Floor Plan
• A4 - Second Floor Framing Plan / 
• A5 - Second Floor Plan
• A6 - Roof Framing Plan and Roof Plan
• A7 - Building Elevations and Window Schedule
• A8 - Building Sections
• A9 - Wall Section
• E1 - First and Second Floor Electrical Plans

One-and-a-Half story, 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Single Family Home with Crawlspace
(note 1 bedroom is on the first floor)

• Cover/Site Plan
• A1 - Foundation/Basement Floor Framing
• A2 - First and Second Floor Framing
• A3 - Second Floor Plans and Roof Plans
• A4 - Building Elevations
• A5 - Building Section AA and Wall Section A
• A6 - Building Section BB and Wall Section A
• A7 - Miscellaneous Details
• E1 - Electrical Plan