Zillow and the department of Computer Science & Engineering at the
University of Washington, with participation from the White House, U.S.
Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), will host a weekend hackathon at Zillow’s HQ, February 6-8, 2015.
Participating developers and designers will be tasked with creating
transparency around thousands of local and federal data sets, to help
people in their housing decisions. 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.
Zillow co-founder Rich Barton will open the event by sharing his experience
in the tech and housing sector and his success in bringing power to the
people across a number of industries. After a day and a half of hard work,
participants will present their solutions to a judging panel of local tech
leaders, entrepreneurs and federal government officials specializing in
big/open data.
The winning team will receive a $10,000 prize.
The event registration is here: https://hackhousinghackathon.eventbrite.com