Contest Information

Hack-A-House is a 24-hour live, online, “hackathon”-style competition hosted by Ivory Innovations as part of their mission to catalyze innovative solutions in housing affordability. Students will receive a prompt at 12pm MT on September 22nd and will have 24 hours to complete and pitch their proposal for an innovative and scalable solution to a prompt in one of the following categories:

Construction & Design
Finance
Policy & Regulatory Reform

Teams will tailor their solutions to fit their selected category and participants are encouraged to consider how their solution interacts with existing policy, finance, and/or construction and design practices.

Co-sponsors include: The University of Utah, The University of California at Berkeley, The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, The University of Arizona, and The University of Denver

There is no limit to the number of student teams able to participate from each school.
Teams may consist of one student and have a maximum of five students.
Any student from an accredited college or university is encouraged to participate, no matter their experience of background!

Competition judges will be listed on the Hack-A-House website at hackahouse.org. Ideas will be judged by their feasibility, uniqueness, and adherence to the prompt released on September 22nd at 12pm MT. Once the competition begins, participants can access a wide array of online resources that will help them tackle the issue and prepare their presentations. These will include links to informative articles and short videos featuring expert practitioners and faculty discussing key issues.