🌱 How does Terrell’s housing authority actually serve Forney renters?

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• How does Terrell’s housing authority actually serve Forney renters?

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 68 and low of 34 degrees.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 61, low: 48.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 74 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Understanding Section 8 Housing in Forney (inforney.com) — If you rely on Section 8 housing and often travel to or work in Terrell, it’s important to know that the Terrell Housing Authority helps administer vouchers for nearby Forney residents. The piece explains who qualifies for vouchers, how Forney residents apply through Terrell and Dallas agencies, and why recent crime concerns in certain Forney neighborhoods are more tied to growth and rental oversight than to voucher holders.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Cheers with the Chamber December 2025
  American National Bank of Texas , 104 Regal Dr. , Forney
  5:00 pm
• Bulldogs vs Rockwall Utley MS - Basketball (M) - 8th grade
  Bobby Summers Middle School Home -
  5:30 pm
• Bulldogs vs Rockwall Utley MS - Basketball (M) - 7th grade
  Bobby Summers Middle School Home -
  5:30 pm
• The Local Pop-Up Dinner
  Forney High School , 1800 College Ave , Forney
  6:00 pm
• Advanced Night
  Oasis Pickleball Club , 5757 State Hwy 205 , Rockwall
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Boys Soccer vs Marshall
  Forney City Bank Stadium , 800 FM741 , Forney
  5:00 pm
• Lady Rabbit Soccer vs Little Elm
  Warren Middle School , 308 Chinaberry Trail , Forney
  5:30 pm
• Red Oak Boys Varsity Basketball @ Kaufman
  Kaufman High School , 3205 S Houston St , Kaufman
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• David Lewis
  Silver Saloon , 1708 TX-34 , Terrell
  5:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Heath Holiday Market
  Hidden Creek , 215 Chris Cuny Pkwy , Heath
  12:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• 9th Black vs Tyler Legacy - Basketball (M) - 9th grade
  Tyler Legacy High School Away -
  12:00 pm
• Bulldogs vs Tyler Legacy High School Red Raiders - Basketball (M) - Junior Varsity
  Tyler Legacy High School Away -
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• On my way to Rockwall yesterday was stopped at the light at Walmart (Terrell)
  Have been seeing these strange metal things. Wondering what they are. They are at the end of the Walmart building at the curbside pick up just as… (Nextdoor Hiram)
• Report of police activity near church in Forney, Texas.
  7:33PM on Dec 16: Police activity at Mustang Creek Community Church, Forney, Texas, per local source (Nextdoor )

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Terrell. Apply here.
• Terrell Independent School District posted a job opening for Secretary to School Nutrition in Terrell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Terrell here.

🗞 Nearby News

Forney

• Devonshire Board Urges Forney ISD to Reconsider Proposed Boundary Changes (inforney.com)
• Finding Hope and Healing: A Journey of Transformation at Genesis Center (inforney.com)
• Ohio State finally receives amazing news regarding Legend Bey's recruitment (idahostatesman.com)

Kaufman

• Appeals Court Upholds Kaufman County Probation Revocation, Five-Year Sentence (inforney.com)
• After Trying Football, Daylon Dickerson Circles Back With UMBC Men's Basketball (pressboxonline.com)

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