A man and two women pose smiling together with a house construction site in the background. They are wearing bright blue Habitat hard hats and T-shirts that say "Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project"

Carter Work Project Rural Rally

Oct. 26-31, 2025

To shine the light on the need for more affordable housing in rural America, Habitat held its first-ever Rural Rally as part of the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. 

During the last week of October 2025, home builds and rehabs in more than 60 rural communities, stretching across at least 20 states and all regions of the U.S., took place alongside the project’s signature large-scale build in Austin, Texas.

When we work together, we can build more prosperous and vibrant communities by making sure that everyone has a decent, affordable place to call home. 

2025 Rural Rally locations

Rural Rally in action

Kentucky Habitat for Humanity

A volunteer in a blue shirt walks forward carrying pieces of lumber beside a house.
Volunteers work outside a house raking the yard.
A group of volunteers in blue shirts pause and pose together in the yard during their build project.

Habitat for Humanity Yuba/Sutter

Four volunteers work on shoveling a hole in the ground to place a pipe.
A volunteer wearing protective plastic suit and hard hat paints the exterior wall of a house with a roller brush on a pole.
Two volunteers wearing protective masks and hard hats bend over a table to work on insulation.
A volunteer stands with his arms above his head holding a drill that he is pushing into the frame of a house.

Carter Work Project 2025

This year marked a poignant milestone—the first Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project since President Jimmy Carter’s passing. Held in Austin, Texas, the 2025 project built 25 affordable, energy-efficient homes in the Whisper Valley development.

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