It's not just a homeless project; it's a way of both helping people who have been homeless secure housing (no one rents to people without a current rental history) and provide housing for people at risk of becoming homeless. 

Wouldn't it be nice if the city would stop doing things like spending $4M on a faster internet connection for a handful of businesses, $30M on a city hall, $8M on a rail quiet zone, $20M on a cop shop, $10 on "improving downtown's business environment" and such and put some focus, and money, on remedying our deficit of affordable housing?

Budgets are priorities. I'd be interested to see some polling on how the residents of Eugene would allocate our city's general fund and slush funds (renewal districts). I suspect Jon Ruiz's priorities don't align well with the citizens.