In the next couple days, an article will come out in the Akron Beacon Journal about our tent village. This was inspired by our loss of another lawsuit pushing for my right to shelter a very small group of people for a very limited time in the most extreme cases. (I am never allowed to […]

I can tell you without a doubt, that there are more guns in the homeless community now than any other time I've done this work.   What's interesting is that Covid had a very minimal effect on homeless people. In fact, it might have been a net positive because camp sweeps were way down during […]

The Inspector Is Taking Pictures Of Our Village right now. I guess my question is: WHEN IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE TO CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED? Immigrants? Asylum Seekers? Addicts? Homeless people? I mean was that story all us Christians learned about the Good Samaritan just a feel-good kid's story? Was Jesus caring for lepers […]

In 1972, Dr. John Fryer (right) gave a speech in this mask stating that homosexuality was not a mental disorder. Dr. Fryer was a psychiatrist and gay. Admitting that he was gay would have admitted that he had a mental disorder and therefore would have lost his license. May 2 was the 50th anniversary of […]

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  

(I posted this on Facebook. But it applies here. I've turned off commenting altogether because people create fake accounts and comment here.) I've always wanted people to have their say on what I discuss. I understand that the actions and ideas I present are controversial in some circles. And clearly the entire topic of homelessness […]

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 […]

YOU NEED TO KNOW that I will NEVER quit fighting for the fundamental human rights of American homeless citizens. They are experiencing a humanitarian torture, cruelty and murder on par with the bloody nightmare of African American slavery and Native American genocide. YOU NEED TO KNOW that America has a barbaric side that will gladly […]

My wife is donating her older mace to a homeless woman. It's still good. But she decided to get a fresh one. Violence is absolutely on an upswing right now with my homeless friends. Both men and women are being attacked. We had 5 outside men roll through our camp this past week. They attacked […]

This is a wonderful article about the homeless men that were recently murdered by another homeless man:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/nyregion/homeless-men-killed.html I am an ok writer. But I wish I was a great writer so I could better express to you the swirling life of confusion, ghosts, depression, anxiety, trauma, fear of many homeless people. It's like a thick, […]

Do you ever think that maybe it wasn't God who made us in his image, maybe it was US that made God in OUR image? As I run for mayor over the next year I have made a pact with myself to try to be as positive and hopeful as I can possibly be. At […]

This right here, ladies and gentlemen, 2 electricians who came to the Houseless Movement house to install a BRAND NEW 200 AMP electrical panel so that we can keep the people who stay with us in tents and tiny houses warm. This is ALL thanks to Blake More and his company: CNE Electrical Contractors. They […]

This is my friend Dustin standing next to what remained of his tent that burned to the ground 2 nights ago. Dustin is a young man who has been homeless for years. He has very significant mental health issues compounded by drug addiction. I one time found Dustin in the middle of Dave's Supermarket parking […]

MANY people ask me "why do you do it, Sage? Why do you shelter these people and give so much to them?"   THIS IS WHY!!   The 2 people in the front are Alicia and Jozef. They are taking the 2 people in the back, Aubrey and Cole nearly 800 miles to Aubrey's family […]

I'm going to be talking about my run for mayor of Akron more consistently soon. There is going to be one theme: TOGETHER WE CAN DO ANYTHING.   Take Aubrey, pictured here.   She is seen here going through a room full of clothes and supplies that YOU brought to her. She is pregnant and […]

I sometimes get accused of being a country-wide magnet for homeless people. That the tents and acceptance we offer at the Houseless Movement is SO good, that people will come from all over the country to live with us. (It has happened once or twice, but it's EXTREMELY rare.)   I'm going on a birth […]

I was just asked this question on Nextdoor. And so I thought I would paste my answer here. I rail hard against pretty much every form of authority. That's simply because with great power comes great responsibility. Everyone in power needs to do better. The Haven of Rest is no exception. That said, I am […]

Stealing in the homeless community is so annoying, so frustrating, so ever-present... that it becomes fascinating. How is it that people who absolutely HATE getting stolen from are the very people doing the stealing? A friend of mine had her wallet stolen yesterday. She's not a homeless person, but a person who has dedicated her […]

I wanted to seek a little clarity in this idea that I have. I find that writing sometimes helps with that process. While we were at Sunday Morning in the Garden yesterday 3 people living in the Garden asked me to take them to Florida... this week. 2 women and 1 man. When I said […]

Todd Tober is a Facebook friend of mine. He is the president of Tober Building Company. His company built Stoney Pointe Commons, a 68-unit development for homeless people and people with disabilities. There is now a second article in the Beacon Journal talking about the rodents at Stoney Pointe Commons. Teneeka Hamilton had to move […]

The city of Akron has a form where you can submit ideas to them for The American Rescue Plan Act money here: City of Akron Public Input Form The form states this: The American Rescue Plan Act provides State and Local Fiscal Recovery funding to directly address the negative impacts of the COVID-19 public health […]

It's humbling and a little shocking for me to have people ask me how to help their homeless family members. I often think to myself, "isn't there someone more qualified to answer these requests other than me?" But what I've learned in life is that leaders are always unprepared and unqualified for the job set […]