The city of Dallas purchased a plot of land in 2008 for $1.8 million, only for a well-established homeless encampment to overrun the area for nearly two decades.
The 5.5-acre plot, one of many left vacant and littered with junk, was bought 18 years ago with hopes of tending to a flooding issue in the area.
However, the project ran into major obstacles, leaving the land mostly untouched except for a handful plots commandeered by homeless people who pitched tents…