SEATTLE, Jan. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow,
Inc., the leading real estate information and home-related
marketplace, today announced it will host a weekend hackathon
whereby developers will be asked to come up with creative solutions
to make it easier for first-time homebuyers, low-income renters and
senior citizens to find a home that meets their needs. Registration
opens today for "Hack Housing: Empowering Smarter Decisions," which
will take place Feb. 6-8 in
Seattle. The winning team will
receive a $10,000 prize.
Zillow® provides an enormous amount of real
estate data to consumers to help them through the process of
finding a home, but information about government programs and data
about accessibility of homes that qualify under these programs has
remained fragmented or unavailable.
As part of the event, participants will have access to
newly released government data sets on topics like federal housing
programs; apartment buildings with accessible apartments; and
transit information. In addition, Zillow will make available its
data on home values and rents.
The event is hosted in partnership with the Department of
Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, and with the
participation of the federal government.
To register for the hackathon or to get more
information and schedule updates, visit the event registration page
here:
https://hackhousinghackathon.eventbrite.com.
Official hackathon rules can be found
here.
About Zillow, Inc.
Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) operates
the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces
on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and
products that help people find vital information about homes, and
connect with the best local professionals. Zillow's brands serve
the full lifecycle of owning and living in a home: buying, selling,
renting, financing, remodeling and more. In addition, Zillow offers
a suite of tools and services to help local real estate, mortgage,
rental and home improvement professionals manage and market their
businesses. Welcoming more than 73 million unique users in
December 2014, the Zillow, Inc.
portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow
Mortgages, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®,
Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®,
Mortech®, HotPads®, StreetEasy®
and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.
Zillow.com, Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions,
StreetEasy, HotPads and Digs are registered trademarks of Zillow,
Inc. Retsly is a trademark of Zillow, Inc.
(ZFIN)
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