There are no special rules about the size or cost of the houses.

Uncle Sam requires only that the cottages be sightly and the surroundings be kept clean and sanitary.

Many of the cabins are built for $150 to $300.

Some of them are more permanent and cost from $3,000 to $5,000 or $10,000.

In the Angeles National Forest in southern California, over sixteen hundred of these cottages are now in use and many more are being built.
Where there are dead or mature trees in the forest, near summer home sites, timber can be purchased at low prices for use in building cottages.