Author: Miles Taylor

 

Research and New Perspectives: Miles Taylor ’28 at Yellow Springs Home, Inc.

Jun 25, 2025
 

For my first co-op as an Antioch student, I am currently co-oping at Yellow Spring Home, Inc. Home, Inc. is a non-profit organization for local affordable housing in Yellow Springs and our mission is to, “strengthen the community and diversity in Yellow Springs and Miami Township by providing permanently affordable and sustainable housing through our Community Land Trust.” We mainly focus on low-income housing, as the price of housing in Yellow Springs is extremely high and only continues to get higher.

Five days a week, six hours a day, Monday through Friday, I go into the office around 9AM and start working until around 3PM. I’ve been mostly doing typical office work such as making calls, checking and sending out mail, and attending meetings. Although it sounds boring and repetitive, it actually helps a lot with getting accustomed to office work and will be beneficial in the near future. But that’s not all the work I do. I’ve also been given longer tasks that need more effort to be put into them. One of the very first assignments that I’ve been given was to do research on past housing projects and record their housing tax credits. It took me most of my first week here to finish it, and I didn’t even know what housing credits were until I started working at Home, Inc..

Despite having fewer coworkers in a nonprofit organization like this, everyone has their part to play in keeping a small nonprofit organization that resides in a small town operating. The dedication that I see from my colleagues at Home, Inc. is admirable, and I am learning a lot from them, as they have been working at Home, Inc. for way longer than I have. It was a bit intimidating, especially when I could barely comprehend the language and terms being used during meetings, but my colleagues don’t hesitate to guide me through my tasks.

During my time co-oping at Home, Inc. as a Miller Fellow, I’m gaining a lot of practical experience with teamwork, prioritization, communication, and project-management. And most importantly, I’m gaining new perspectives and learning what it means to be part of a community from my colleagues, especially from Home, Inc.’s executive director, Emily Siebel. Working here has been humbling, rewarding, and I hope to have a good, long relationship with Home, Inc..

Learn more about Yellow Springs Home, Inc. here: http://www.yshome.org