Dallas ‘hid’ homeless people from FIFA, council member says, cites ongoing ‘inhumane’ conditions

Dallas City Council member Cara Mendelsohn — who chairs the city’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — says the city hid its homeless community from FIFA World Cup visitors and pushed unsheltered individuals out of downtown with no enforcement.

The comments were part of a Facebook post made on her official District 12 profile late last week.

Mendelsohn wrote that she cared deeply about homelessness but also voiced frustration that some people experiencing homelessness push back attempts to help…

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