Keep Yellow Springs home — for the people who built it.
Rising housing costs are pushing out longtime residents, families, and seniors, one home at a time. Connect with us to help preserve permanently affordable homes before they're lost.
For every neighbor. For every generation.
Stewards of Yellow Springs exists to preserve the culture of our village by preserving the people who give it life. Through land and housing stewardship, permanently affordable homes, and community partnership, we ensure Yellow Springs stays a place where people of every income, age, and background can live, work, and return home.
Our Work
From permanently affordable homes to land stewardship, see how we keep neighbors in the village they love.
Learn about our workPartner With Us
Local organizations, property owners, and businesses can partner with us to strengthen our community fabric.
Become a partnerVolunteer
Lend your skills, time, or voice. Community preservation takes a whole community working together.
Volunteer with us
The Founding Stewards Initiative
We are securing critical properties in the heart of the village to ensure they remain permanently affordable for local workers and families. Contact us to learn how you can support or participate in our land stewardship model.
Displacement happens one home at a time
The character of our village is at risk. Here is what we are working together to prevent.
Rising costs
Home prices have far outpaced local wages, pushing ownership out of reach for teachers, first responders, artists, and lifelong residents.
Losing our people
When longtime families leave, the village loses history, mentors, traditions, and community memory.
Declining diversity
As housing becomes unaffordable, the economic, racial, and generational diversity that defines Yellow Springs erodes.
Hard to rebuild
Once a community's social fabric is lost, it's extraordinarily difficult to restore. Acting now is the point.
Join the Movement
Whether as a volunteer, community partner, or local resident, your involvement gives SYS the collective strength to keep families rooted in Yellow Springs.
Life in Yellow Springs
Explore the iconic landmarks, historic downtown storefronts, and vibrant art that make our village worth protecting.
Iconic Springs Mosaic Landmark
Downtown Shops & Floral Sidewalks
Historic Little Art Theatre Corridor
Stories from the neighborhood
Read stories from the neighbors we're keeping home.
The Smith Family's Journey to Permanent Affordability
After renting for 15 years, the Smiths were facing displacement. See how the community trust changed their trajectory.
Read moreSecuring the Historic Downtown Corridor
A major milestone in preserving commercial spaces for local artisans and small business owners.
Read moreWhy Aging in Place Matters for Yellow Springs
Seniors are a vital part of our village fabric. Our new initiative focuses on accessibility and local support.
Read moreFrequently Asked Questions
Learn more about how community land stewardship works and how we protect local homes.
Have more questions or want to discuss a property?
Contact Our Team