Seattle nonprofits and Zillow launch affordable housing search tool

Seattle has an affordable housing problem, one that both local leaders and the tech companies that call Seattle home are trying to address. Now, the city’s leadership and one of city’s biggest real estate tech companies are partnering up to try to get more people into affordable housing. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and King County Executive Dow Constantine this week announced a partnership with Zillow. As part of the partnership, Zillow developed and is powering a search tool that will help match local nonprofit service providers and their clients experiencing homelessness with owners of affordable vacant rental units. This tool was developed in coordination with the Seattle Office of Housing, local nonprofit organization Housing Connector and its network of service providers and property owners, and Zillow.