Sounds like confirmation bias - You found exactly what you were looking for. In reality, Eugene provides FAR more low income housing for the general public than they do for formerly incarcerated citizens who have turned their lives around but are discriminated against through baseless fears.

No woman should be judged by the actions of some women. No black citizen should be judged by the actions of some black citizens. And no one with a criminal record should be judged by the actions of some people with a criminal record.

One in four Americans have been incarcerated. 25%. Our neighborhoods are already PACKED with individuals who moved right into a decent living situation while this group just happens to also be struggling with poverty. Unless opponents are advocating to purge our neighborhoods of a quarter of their residents, it's completely reasonable to understand that the opposition is thoroughly uninformed or intentionally discriminatory - and some are both.