If you’re homeless, why would you waste time working outside when you need to repair/replace the roof? You need a place where you are dry, can use a toilet, drink clean water & prepare food.
I think that with all that was left in the house/houses he would have been much better off sorting out a bed first, before making a table or clearing up gardens.
Watching this video really changed my feelings about them. He is homeless, and he gets these nice tools. He is eating fresh food, and at the beginning, he appears with two different color shoes. So fake!