"the newly purchased Victorian became the [G]Code House—a house where girls (that’s where the G comes in) can live, get support, and learn to code. The program is aimed at women ages 18 to 24 who are interested in a STEM field like computer science, but can’t afford to continue their education past high school. To kick off its first year, the program will recruit women who are currently Boston residents, including those about to age out of homeless shelters and other temporary living situations. The idea is that [G]Code participants will eventually help to reduce Boston’s gender gap in tech...
Wallace and Nau bought the home from a developer who scooped it up after a foreclosure. They hope remaking the house into a community resource—rather than letting it fall prey to another developer—will work to fight the city’s affordable housing crisis.
“We could easily have rented out this property and contributed to the gentrification that is taking place so rapidly in our community by just having it be a regular rental property,” Wallace says.
Instead, she asks, “Can people in their community look at their properties as not just cash cows but something that can be useful and resourceful?”
The [G]Code program is currently seeking partnerships with local institutions and industries to build a sponsorship model, hopefully allowing for first-year residents to live at the house rent-free. Women are permitted to stay for several years, but will be required to pay rent after their first year as they enter the job market. Move-ins will start next year as more details about the program are finalized."
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