Author: Sage

We currently have 21 tents up at the Church of the Nomadic Spirit.   I was watching a news video out of Seattle. It was of a community of housed people living next to unhoused people. The housed people actually sounded really understanding. One man said that he was willing to share the space but…

My Communist friends will be sad to know this truth: most homeless people are very conservative… both black and white. They often exhibit racist and homophobic characteristics… and sex offenders, forget about it. They ALL hate sex offenders. My Conservative friends will be sad to know this truth: Most homeless people want to be just…

Since the beginning of creating homeless tent villages I’ve been very open to working with the police. We often want the same things: Less violence on the streets. We aren’t a place to hide anyone from the law… especially people that burn down buildings and try to outright kill people.   There are a few…

Having the mayor of the 5th largest city in Ohio write an op-ed condemning you for trying to help his homeless situation with private land and private funds would be comical if it weren’t actually short-sighted, ignorant and a huge missed opportunity.   That said, there are several reasons I’m thankful Dan Horrigan shut down…

I only know 2 things: That’s our friend Aubrey. And that’s her new baby. Aubrey is the first homeless person I’ve worked with that decided to choose adoption. So I’ve never really thought about the process much until now. But what a beautiful gift adoption is. It’s the ultimate form of giving. A mom is…

I am in the process of evicting yet another homeless person (this time a homeless woman) from housing that we offer specifically for homeless people. I wanted to talk about this because I’m continually hearing about how housing is the answer to ending homelessness. That’s what the advocates say. Get more housing and we’ll end…

I saw this article about Josiah Ingalls’ Camp Haven. I had never heard of him before. But I was SO excited to hear that he’s doing this work.   This video is a comparison of his camp to my camp. Here’s the article for reference: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgm3qx/texas-banned-homeless-encampments-so-a-guy-made-one-on-his-property  

This photo was taken on April 2, 2021. That’s just over a year ago. That means that our Garden Tent Village has been up and running for 1 full year. Our first village ran for 2 full years. So we’ll see if we can beat that record until the City of Akron shuts us down…

The main problem with addressing the growing tragedy of homelessness due to extreme evictions and exploding rent prices is that it is bureaucrats, and social workers who are being tasked with solving the problem. Business people have their own problems. But some of their strengths are innovation and radical transformation. The business world needs to…

Here’s a picture of a homeless man (Michael Rodriguez, who has been living under a raised section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for the past two years) desperately grabbing a few more of his belongings as the City of New York enacts their inhumane Nazi-esque sweep of 239 encampments in their city. So far, Mayor Eric…