Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter’s Habitat for Humanity legacy will continue, organization says

Habitat for Humanity resumed the Carter Work Project this year to continue former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter’s groundbreaking work in creating affordable housing.

Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100, following the death of Rosalynn Carter last year at 96.

The Carter Work Project is an annual week-long event created in 1984 by the Carters, who have been described by the organization as “two of the world’s most distinguished humanitarians as dedicated Habitat volunteers.”

The October 2023 week-long event kicked off in North Carolina at Habitat Charlotte Region’s large-scale affordable housing neighborhood, The Meadows at Plato Price. 

Over the course of five days, future homeowners and scores of Habitat volunteers built 27…