UNSPSC 80131501: Residential rental

UNSPSC 80131501 Residential rental (Commodity) encompasses single-family houses, duplexes, apartments, and multi-family residential units that state and local governments lease for employee housing, student accommodation, emergency shelter, and program operations. Recent solicitations show procurement of unfurnished residential properties for state agency staff, furnished apartments for university students, and dedicated shelter facilities for vulnerable populations including human trafficking victims. The issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), county governments (Volusia County, Orange County), and higher-education institutions (Texas Tech University). State agencies consistently require three-bedroom, two-bathroom minimum configurations with specific amenities such as washer-dryer hookups, parking for multiple vehicles, and pet-accommodation features including fencing for large breed dogs. Multi-family development solicitations, such as Volusia County's affordable housing loan program, target developers willing to construct or rehabilitate rental housing serving very low-income households under deed restrictions.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with secondary presence in California. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has posted at least two recent residential lease solicitations—one for Kinney County (IFB 8022677168V2, due June 15, 2026) seeking a 24-month property lease with renewal options through April 2036, and another for Big Spring (IFB 8022672172, due February 12, 2026) for a 24-month lease commencing April 1, 2026 with three one-year renewal options. Texas Tech University posted RFP 2026-1181 for 100 to 300 student beds in off-campus apartments with occupancy targeted for August 2026 and a nine-month initial term with options extending through Summer 2028. Volusia County, Florida issued RFP 26P91MC offering $460,000 in State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program funds as a 50-year deferred, forgivable loan at 0% interest to support affordable multi-family rental construction or rehabilitation with proposals due June 10, 2026. Orange County, Florida solicited a service provider for a short-term residential shelter for adult human trafficking victims via RFP Y26-102, with response deadline December 9, 2025. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection sought approximately 10,976 square feet of office and warehouse space with 35 parking spaces in Chico, Butte County, with property owner responses due April 21, 2026.