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Charlotte Habitat for Humanity project begins construction this week

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The Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project to benefit Habitat for Humanity is returning to Charlotte with WCNC Charlotte as a proud partner to seek solutions to the Queen City's affordable housing crisis.

Volunteers will come together to build 39 new homes at an affordable-housing development near the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in west Charlotte. Construction will take place the first week of October.

Founded in 1915, the Plato Price School stood as the centerpiece of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in west Charlotte. The land has set empty though for almost 60 years.

The school had several notable alumni, including prominent cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Eddie L. Hoover, renowned folk artist Nellie Ashford and former Congressman Mel Watt.

Former students said they are thrilled to see Habitat for Humanity building homes there.

“It makes me feel indescribably happy to know that now that property where I walked, there are new people coming and going to revitalize the area and have a sense of home,” Ashford said. #WakeUpCLT #AffordableHousing

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